good morning. welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today: no easy answers — the home secretary admits many of the reasons for a rise in migrants crossing the channel are outside the government's control. heartbreak for the british grandparents fighting for custody of their murdered son's children as they're told only one can come home from china. new year, new business? january is the most popular month to start one. i'll be getting advice for those looking to take the leap. keeping the pressure on — manchester city breathing down the neck of liverpool after a win that keeps them in the title race. clock chimes. and despite building works, we'll hear how big ben will still ring in the new year tonight. we will be seeing out the last day of 2018 with fairly cloudy skies, welcoming 2019 with windy weather in northern scotland a lot more

sunshine tomorrow. i have all the details here on reckless. dashmac brea kfast. the home secretary, sajid javid, will chair a meeting of the border force and the national crime agency today to discuss an action plan to tackle a growing number of migrants attempting to cross the english channel. more than 200 migrants have made the crossing since november. the uk and france have agreed to step up joint patrols, but some backbench mps have criticised the home office for being too slow to act. simon clemison reports. the coastguard helicopter on patrol above the shoreline. there is now closer monitoring of the english channel. will it be enough to tackle the rising number of migrants risking everything to reach the uk? yet another crossing. six men were found yesterday not long after the home secretary promised action having come under increased pressure. in an interview today, they told the newspaper the reasons behind the spike were complicated

and often beyond the government's control. is that the problem was fuelled by instability in the middle east, more people smugglers are entitled —— tighter security. yesterday that a security agreed on to disrupt criminal gangs involved in traffic and. some feel there is not enough detail and have called for more specialist border force patrol boats to be deployed. he said there were no easy answers but if there were no easy answers but if the number of attempts at making this perilous journey continues to rise, then so too will the political pressure on the home secretary. we can speak now to simon, who's in doverfor us this morning. simon, what are conditions like there this morning? presumably they are on the lookout is perhaps more people try and cross ? good morning. the conditions are important and good morning. the conditions are importantandi good morning. the conditions are important and i mentioned in my report that he talked about complex problems is no easy answers. there

area problems is no easy answers. there are a lot of strands to this. i mention the weather but also for example if he tries to tackle a number of traffickers, there is evidence migrants are making their own way across the water, finding their own boats. the weather in itself never the right conditions try to cross a busy shipping lane, the busiest in the world the way that they do. but warmer, milder conditions are also a factor. some are told the need to get in before brexit. those are the problem and solutions, get the sense from his critics that they would like to hear at least a few more than just the ones he's giving, for example on whether these specialist boats should be brought back from the mediterranean. the concern is always from a government that that might need to be more migration because these boats act as notjust patrol vessels, but rescue ships as well. the numbers are nowhere near as many as the mediterranean three years ago or the total number of asylum seekers over role. the fact they are willing to attempt to make this

perilous crossing shows you how desperate they are. thank you very much. we'll speak to a charity worker after 8:00 this morning who can give us a sense of what life is like for migrants and why they want to come to the uk. the prime minister of bangladesh, sheikh hasina, has won a third successive term in office. her ruling party and its allies won 288 of the 300 parliamentary seats. the opposition has condemned what it called a farcical election, marred by violence and claims of vote rigging. let's get more from our correspondent, yogita limaye, who's in the capital dhaka. what have you seen? are any of these allegations true? the prime minister has had a historic and it read, a major landslide and the opposition has only one seventh the, but this is a controversial wind. all of yesterday, we had allegations of the rigging of results coming in from different parts of bangladesh. a

service report who was covering the election in chittagong area of the country for a ballot box which had been filled even before the election began, and from other parts of the country as well, we have report that there were ballot boxes where the symbol of primers's party which is a boat was already kicked off even before the election started. the election commission of the country has said they will investigate these cases, but this is a body which has been accused of bias by the opposition. in the run—up to the polls, the opposition said the election commission did not give them permission to hold the political rallies and they said their candidates were disqualified. they also accuse the police of acting as an extension of the ruling party, resting their candidates and detaining their workers. i asked the prime minister to day before the election about these accusations. she rejected and said the opposition was making these claims, they didn't have roof and they were doing so because they had lost the support of the people. the opposition has said

they reject the results of the collection, they call it farcical and they are calling for fresh elections. we will feel a bit later on. —— we will see you a bit later on. the parents of a british man killed by his chinese wife have agreed a custody deal to bring their granddaughter to the uk, but they must leave their grandson with his maternal grandparents in china. ian and linda simpson from suffolk wanted both 8—year—old jack and 6—year—old alice to live with them after their son michael was murdered in 2017. we can get more on this from our correspondent robin brant, who's in shanghai. robin, it's such a tragic story, and not getting any easier for the parents. i think this is the outcome that ian simpson and his ex—wife, linda, whose son was murdered in march last year by his chinese wife, this is the outcome they've really, really dreaded because they were sourced to make a choice between having one of the grandchildren, alice is six, jack is eight, or having neither. in

the end, after what is almost two yea rs of the end, after what is almost two years of legal the end, after what is almost two yea rs of legal battle the end, after what is almost two years of legal battle in the courts, here in china for custody of these children between their british grandparents and the parents of their mother, their chinese mother, their mother, their chinese mother, the person who killed their father, this has now come to a head. essentially it is a compromise. they have had to pay some money in a kind of deal that the chinese side fares is maintenance and costs and in return they get custody of alice. she is six and they can return to the uk with her, butjack, their eldest grandson, has to remain here in china. it was a proposal put forward by the chinese family, a proposal supported by the courts. in symphony 69, the grandfather who has led this campaign. he spoke to us in july this year and this is what he said about why he wanted grandchildren to live with him and his family in the uk. michael raise them in a western—style. they spent two years —— to visit over here, they speak

english. they are suffering at the moment for obvious reasons. they have travelled around spain and thailand on holidays with our family and when they were already talking about a divorce and she was happy that the children would go with michael, because he was the real carer. as faras michael, because he was the real carer. as far as we michael, because he was the real carer. as far as we are michael, because he was the real carer. as far as we are concerned, thatis carer. as far as we are concerned, that is where they should be. everywhere you look in this story, there is tragedy. a marriage that collapsed, the murder of a chinese woman of her british of, that children took away by their chinese grandparents, the prolonged legal battle and now these children are separated. ian simpson wrote to me yesterday and they want to get alice back to the uk. it is not the outcome they wanted but it is something. one other prospect they face, a dreadful prospect is neither of these children know what has happened to their father and neither of them knows that their mother did it. thank you so much for bringing us up to date. what a story. so difficult. what an awful

situation that is. let's bring you up situation that is. let's bring you up to date with some other news this morning. concerns have been raised about a new eu fishing law that comes into force tomorrow. trawlers will have to take fish back to port that would normally have been thrown overboard to prevent them going over their quotas. the legislation has been described as badly designed by some uk industry organisations. catriona renton has more. new rules mean from tomorrow, any fish caught by british trawlers must be landed. in the past, fish that took boats over their quota would be thrown overboard or discarded. the aim is to avoid wasting fish and to encourage crews to be more selective. the scottish fishing federation says the laws are well intended, but it is the fallout that could cause problems. everyone, especially the cottage fish —ish everyone, especially the cottage fish -ish -- everyone, especially the cottage fish —ish —— fishing industry, is distinctively against discarding. the problem is agreed and the solution is not agree. peter is the biggest white fish port in europe. a variety of fish

including haddock, cold, whiting and place are caught at the same time. different types of fish have to fill quotas. but according to the new rules, when aid boat catches its quota of any species, it will now have to stop fishing. fresh fish is of course important to fish and chip shops, and whenever concerned that the committee has raised is that if both can't discard and had to start fishing earlier in the year, then millions of pounds worth of fish might not get caught, and some industry experts are concerned for the knock—on effects of the places like this. ultimately, many in the fishing industry argue that brexit will bring an end to brussels's imposed quotas. the department for environment, food and rural affairs is workable —— workable solutions have been insured. they say they are aware of the challenges posed by the new laws and will continue to work with the industry to address them. more than 10,000 restaurant workers in britain have lost theirjobs in the past year, this

according to new research. a rise in the minimum wage and a fall in the value of the pound are being blamed. the centre for retail research also forecasts around the same amount ofjobs will be lost in 2019. the new horizons space probe has received its final commands from nasa ahead of a historic mission tomorrow. the unmanned craft will pass a 30—kilometre wide frozen object, known as ultima thule, taking pictures and gathering information as it speeds by. it will set a new record for the most distant object ever studied, 6.5 billion kilometres from earth. that is a very long way. you are watching bbc breakfast. it is likely to be back with you. i miss you. you were singing.

i was going to ask you, how many of the words you know. i have a story that says that only 3% of the population know all the words of old lang syne. it was written in 1788. we need to learn it by the end of the programme. don't be ridiculous. good morning. we have to talk about what is hotting up to be such an exciting title race in the premier league and an enormous week ahead because this is the work —— week were it is one lost the manchester city at least? city and liverpool face it out on thursday, so all eyes are on the etihad. ,, you etihad. " you cannot win it at christmas." i can't remember what he said. tell us what he said. he is

scottish, by the way, in case you we re scottish, by the way, in case you were wondering. get to old lang syne. they've had a big old wobble over christmas, but manchester city are back to winning ways. after losing their previous two matches, they beat southampton 3—1. they're back up to second in the premier league, but are still seven points behind leaders liverpool. they play each other on thursday. liverpool versus manchester city. have a look at this bit of skill from marcus rashford. this was the opener in manchester united's 4—1win over bournemouth. what an impact ole gunnar solskjaer‘s had, his third straight win as caretaker boss for united. bath are up to fifth in rugby union's premiership after victory over leicester. elsewhere, bristol beat newcastle falcons. and michael van gerwen will play michael smith in the final of the pdc world darts championship at ally pally tomorrow. van gerwen beat gary anderson in their semifinal last night whilst smith saw off nathan aspinall. and that basically means christmas is over when the final of the darts

comes around. if it over? yeah, christmas is. it is the new year tomorrow. wendy had to take your trees down? it is on the sixth. i taken down tomorrow. new year, chris smith is done, get it out. —— christmas. i've done it already. yep, get it out of there. where should we start with the papers this morning? the telegraph leads on the migrant crisis, and the home secretary, sajid javid, saying there is no easy answer to the problem of people crossing the channel illegally. the picture shows lily collins, star of the new bbc adaptation of the musical les miserables. the adaptation of the novel, not the

musical. at one is very used to the songs. the times also leads on the migrant crisis with senior conservatives reportedly criticising sajid javid for not doing enough. its main picture shows a samba dancer who will be taking part in the new year's day parade in london tomorrow. the daily mirror claims that 70,000 operations were halted last year due to a lack of beds, staff or equipment. and the sun shows the strictly come dancing pro aj pritchard and his brother curtis sporting nasty bruises after they were allegedly attacked in a nightclub in cheshire. his brother has a particularly bashed face. we will be back to old lang syne very shortly. we know this year that lots of restaurants closed, they estimate 10,000 jobs we re closed, they estimate 10,000 jobs

were lost in the restaurant industry over 2018, that is an average of 28 workers per day, and even more worryingly they predict the same number will be lost in 2019, but this time they think independent restau ra nt this time they think independent restaurant as opposed to chain restau ra nts restaurant as opposed to chain restaurants will be hit. more than 1000 shopworkers could face the axe in relation to the high street crisis, the next few weeks will be a bellwether for how christmas has done but we don't expect the news to be good. and there is a big premier league story on the back of quite a few of the papers. and this is the shock u—turn, according to the guardian, that susanna dinnage, who was to become the leader of the premier league, does not want to leave her role. she is currently in charge of animal planet on the discovery channel, and she will not

be taking on the position of chief executive of the premier league in the new year. she has said there is no reason, she hasjust been reflecting and has decided it is not something she wants to do. so until we hear more from her, we can't say why it is, but many papers saying there could be reasons behind it, especially the challenges of sharing out the tv rights packages, because richard scudamore has been hailed as bringing all this money into the premier league, williams of pounds, selling the rights to bt sport and sky. the landscape of the industry has been becoming so much more complicated with amazon coming in and online streaming services, some saying she might have been put off by the challenges of negotiating those deals, and another theory is that it those deals, and another theory is thatitis those deals, and another theory is that it is brexit, with the fa and the premier league been poles apart

in terms of players and other things. maybe shejust in terms of players and other things. maybe she just didn't fancy thejob. if in doubt, blame brexit, though. and we were checking, no—one knows all the words to old lang syne. so they are saying, will old lang syne be forgot in years to come? they are blaming millennial is, apparently millennial state like it -- auld is, apparently millennial state like it —— auld lang syne. not enough singing of auld lang syne in the millennial generation. singing of auld lang syne in the millennial generationlj singing of auld lang syne in the millennial generation. i didn't know there were verses, i thought it was just the old acquaintance be forgot it. there are definitely verses, quite a few verses. this is a random fa ct of quite a few verses. this is a random fact of the day, the five places where auld lang syne is streamed the most on new year's eve...|j where auld lang syne is streamed the most on new year's eve... i am going to save new york. incorrect, glasgow

is number one, followed by fireman, in surrey... are these only in the uk? in the uk. fourth on the list is barry, and coming in the top five, great yarmouth. surely the scots should have auld lang syne down by the time they leave primary school. and here a picture in front of castle. you can't do the arms crossing with live flames, though, can you? i was going to tell your story about someone getting off a parking fine, never mind. go on. it is too late. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you, happy hogmanay, it is looking like the last day of 2018 will be similar to the days which preceded it. lots of clout around, most places will be drier, and another mild one as well. there

will be a bit of rain later on as we head into the second half of the day across scotland, especially from this weather front here, high pressure for most bringing air from the mid—atla ntic. scotland pressure for most bringing air from the mid—atlantic. scotland will start with the warmest of the air, ten or 11 degrees, but some splashes of rain developing through the morning. the odd heavy burst as we go through lunchtime into the afternoon. away from that it is dry, lots of clout around once again. a few cloud breaks here and there, the best of which will be to the east of high ground, and temperatures above where they should be for the time of year, around ten to 13 celsius. so notching up a few degrees on what we have at the moment. if you are heading out early this evening across scotland, outbreaks of rain erratically spreading its way southwards. a bit hit and miss, some dry weather, but as the bells toll in 2019, clearer skies, dry weather, but as the bells toll in 2019, clearerskies, a dry weather, but as the bells toll in 2019, clearer skies, a few showers in shetland, winds touching 70 mph. wins a little bit lighter as

we go south, a breezy start to 2019. the figures cloud in southern scotla nd the figures cloud in southern scotland in the north of northern ireland, patchy rain to welcome in the new year, further south it stays dry, fairly cloudy but with clear skies. the wind is much lighter. so here we go into the start of the new year, and we will see cloud and patchy rain heading its way southwards from northern ireland, northern england, north wales and the north midlands. clearer skies to the north midlands. clearer skies to the north and east and the colder feel. the wind should stop the temperatures falling too low. high pressure to the west, low pressure to the east. we are dragging in the airfrom the north. the colder sarah will probably mist us and hit scandinavia, heading towards eastern parts of europe. it will certainly feel chilly here, a good day to get out and clear the head. lots more sunshine across the country, a bit more cloud across the south, and we will see a few wintry showers across orkney and shetland, where it will stay on the wintry side. temperatures down to single figures for some of you, especially the further north and east you are. and as we finish tomorrow and go into tomorrow night, you will notice the

blue on the chart. the return of overnight frost as we see clearer skies. avoiding it towards eastern parts of england, cloudier and breeze to take us into wednesday. but on wednesday, much of the uk will be dry. plenty of sunshine around as well, but that is the big drop in temperature by this stage. well done, in temperature by this stage. well done, into single —— well down into single figures for all. so we see 2018 out with lots of cloud. we welcome 2019 colder, but dry, sunny and a little bit frosty by night. people with a relative in residential care will know that giving our loved ones a good quality of life is about much more than just meeting physical requirements. earlier this year regulator, the care quality commission, reminded providers that they must look after spiritual, cultural and religious needs too. as part of our who cares series, jayne mccubbin has been to find out more about the benefits of culturally appropriate care. come on, you know this song. all of

you know this song. they are working out at the african caribbean care centre in manchester. so i have come out to do fall prevention, to strengthen their legs. what is on the playlist? the way that it should be... the kind of music that will inspire them, like heavy capital nearly, and john holt, and all those kinds of classics. if you would only let it be... this day care centre is in the heart of an area in manchester with a long—standing african caribbean community. what is on the menu? we have an african caribbean delicacy. can we see? get a shot, look at this. all of these little cultural touchstones, from the food to the music... yes. does all of that matter? yes, it does.

seeing certain caribbean themes and getting feedback, a kind of brings them back. today, grace is said by mel, who arrived in the uk in the 19605. mel, who arrived in the uk in the 1960s. you are only 18. yes, 1960 when enoch powell said he wanted nurses. on christmas morning when i open my door, i had presence right to the top. everybody brought me presents. really? yes, it was so nice. merle tells me life has been good to her and her husband, and that the space has been a lifetime since his stroke. is it good? it is beautiful. ten out of ten from over here. show the camera. tada! gladys and the women in flower arranging tell me about good lives lived in this nursing home, but staying culturally connect it is important. dear miss jamaica, even now? no, i

don't think i could live there again. what it is nice to have a little taste of it. that's it. how was everton's cooking? that cal foot is gorgeous. bercow foot is a smash, and for those who can't come to the cal foot, there is leon. meals on wheels, but cal foot,... and for me, knocking on the door, they love it. we need more organisations like this in the community, notjust in manchester. are you ready for bingo? yes! let's go. this daycare centre hopes to offer 24—hour care soon, the middle they say is a dire shortage of residential homes, which look after much more than a person's physical needs. spiritual needs, sometimes gets mixed. and the cultural needs are just as. spiritual, cultural, just as important. just as important, but too often neglected. yes, we have a

winner! and lives are so enriched when these needs are looked after. we will be talking about some of the issues jane was talking about there a little later in the programme. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. it is being claimed that some members of a paedophile gang which included milly dowler‘s killer, levi bellfield, are still at large. the allegations are made in a report by a senior social worker with hillingdon council, which has been handed to the metropolitan police. bellfield is serving life in prison for the murder of three young women, including 13—year—old milly from walton—on—thames, who was killed in 2002. the metropolitan police has now sold off more than £1 billion worth of property to ease the effect of funding cuts, according to new figures. the force has had to make £600 million of savings since 2010, which led to the closure of police

stations across the capital. the biggest sale was new scotland yard, which was sold for £370 million. the police federation says the met has sold its crown jewels and has run out of things to sell. tonight's new year's eve fireworks show will be a celebration of london's relationship with europe, according to the mayor. final preparations are being made for the sold out event in central london. 70,000 fireworks will go off during the 11—minute show. organisers say the mayor's office asked them to create a display with the theme of "london is open". we need to bring to life the fact that london is proud to be a global city, a european city. and also its really important that we share a message of support for all of the europeans that live in our city. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning, although trains aren't quite

as frequent as usual on most lines. on the trains, strike action is affecting the south western railway network today with fewer services expected. on the roads, in dagenham, the a13 is closed eastbound at the junction with the a1306 goresbrooke interchange due to a multi—vehicle collision. now the weather, with alex osborne. hello, good morning. well, we are ending 2018 on a relatively quiet note. the good news today, it should stay mainly dry. but like the past few days, we are holding onto a lot of cloud in the skies. i say mostly is dry as the biggest areas of the major squeeze out the odd spots of drizzle. though i think most people today should escape with a largely dry day. there may be the occasional dry day. there may be the occasional dry spell, but generally rather grey and overcast. fairly light winds as well and mild for the time of year. temperatures reaching some ten or 11

celsius. now, through the all—important evening and overnight period, if you are heading out to any new year's eve celebrations, it's not looking too bad. it should stay mainly dry, with a good deal of cloud around, though. winds remaining light as well, and then we will see some clear spells forming after midnight. nothing especially cold, minimum temperatures down to between five and seven celsius. so for new year's day, we start off with a fair for new year's day, we start off withafairamount for new year's day, we start off with a fair amount of cloud around, but should brighten up in some spots to give some spells of sunshine into the afternoon. mainly dry and decent day as well, but it will start to turn chilly from wednesday. have a great new year. i'm back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it's 6:30. we'll bring you all the latest news and sport in a moment. but also on breakfast this morning, we'll find out about the little creatures making a comeback on the uk's shores with a helping

hand from conservation groups. also this morning, dirty sanchez star matt pritchard will be here to tell us about his newjob presenting the bbc‘s first vegan cookery show, dirty vegan. and after 9:00, we'll bejoined by two people involved with wale, one of the british short films in the running for an oscar next year. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the home secretary, sajid javid, will chair a meeting of the border force and the national crime agency today to discuss an action plan to tackle a growing number of migrants attempting to cross the english channel. more than 200 migrants have made the crossing since november. the uk and france have agreed to step up joint patrols, but some backbench mps have criticised the home office for being too slow to act. mrjavid has told the daily telegraph that many of the reasons for the surge are out of the government's control.

the parents of a british man killed by his chinese wife have agreed a custody deal to bring their granddaughter to the uk, but they must leave their grandson with his maternal grandparents in china. ian and linda simpson from suffolk wanted both 8—year—old jack and 6—year—old alice to live with them after their son michael was murdered in 2017. the couple, who are in china, said judges there were pushing very hard for them to accept the compromise. concerns have been raised about a new eu fishing law that comes into force tomorrow. trawlers will have to take fish back to port that would normally have been thrown overboard to prevent them going over their quotas. the aim is to avoid wasting fish and to encourage crews to be more selective. but a house of lords committee says it's concerned about how the scheme will work and how it will be enforced. more than 10,000 restaurant workers in britain have lost theirjobs in the past year according to new research. a rise in the minimum wage and a fall in the value of the pound are being blamed.

the centre for retail research also forecasts around the same amount ofjobs will be lost in 2019. the plan to build a concrete wall on the us—mexico border was dropped early on in donald trump's presidency according to his outgoing chief of staff, john kelly. he told the press that although the president often uses the word ‘wall‘, the border will more likely be protected by a mix of technology and fencing made from steel slats. a solid border wall was a key pledge for mr trump from the start of his presidential campaign in 2015. a team of divers has been deployed to rescue 15 workers trapped inside a flooded coal mine in north—east india. the miners entered the illegal pit, known as a ‘rat hole', on 13 december and were cut off when floodwater from a nearby river poured in. it's not clear whether they are still alive. rescuers have found three helmets so far. the majority of councils in england

didn't prosecute a single motorist for misusing a disabled parking permit in the last 12 months according to the department for transport. in that time, the number of blue badges reported as stolen rose by 45% on the previous year. the local government association says authorities have limited resources to carry out enforcement. i think the figures show that councils will and fourth were they have got the evidence. this is hard to prove, clearly we have to stick around and find out when we see somebody using a blue note, we had to get a large amount of evidence before we prosecute. if you're planning a new look in 2019, then you may wish to consider the latest trend from the continent — lederhosen. lovely! the traditional leather shorts have been worn by older and more conservative germans and austrians for generations. but now, they are finding favour among younger trendsetters. some have started a movement called

#lederhosendonnerstag, which means lederhosen thursday. it is not thursday today. his girlfriend and austrian and may get, it is a genuine thing in austria. when they go out for dinner, they put them on. and a jacket with no colour and she has one of those milkmaid outfits. they genuinely wear them. my brother was like, yeah, i've got some. why wouldn't you ? like, yeah, i've got some. why wouldn't you? if they are very co mforta ble. i bet they really are. don't you think? good protection and a sturdy base. if you still anything on them coming you do is wipe them down. what more could you possibly want? i put some on before, but it was a short period of time. he would have to have some very long

straps, otherwise they would be deeply uncomfortable. premier league football. manchester city have won again, first time in a while. a couple of sticky periods for them over the christmas break. but the breakfor us, over the christmas break. but the break for us, a super busy time for football. but it makes a good watching and a very exciting time. the premier league will be decided on thursday. if city lose to liverpool, that is it. they say liverpool, that is it. they say liverpool are the best team in europe and the top four in the world at the moment. ' they messed at the moment. ‘they messed up earlier, "you can‘t win the title at christmas, but you can lose it. " he could be right. lose on thursday and maybe their title race is over. city are back up to second after beating southampton. elsewhere, there were wins for chelsea and manchester united as adam wild reports. having grown used to setting that are merely pays this season

manchester city now learning to lead the chase. that furrowed brow is not without good reason. back to back defeats mean they could ill afford another slipup, not that will look likely when they went ahead against southampton. a thunderous equaliser saw the clouds of concerned descend once more. they didn‘t stay around too long. two goals before half—time settled this one. city now seven points behind leaders liverpool. at least some learning to enjoy the thrill of the chase. the problem is they are fantastic. they are the best tea m they are fantastic. they are the best team in europe. you have to accept it. victory puts city four points clear of chelsea. they needed just a single strike to see off crystal palace. smiles there. something that had been in short supply at old trafford. that was before they took over manchester

united. players it seems now free to express themselves. pol pot but criticised, even vilified under the previous regime, now like his team seemingly enjoying himself once more. having refounded as rhythm. he scored twice against bournemouth. marcus rash had and the cargo doing the rest. united looking more like the rest. united looking more like the old cell. i probably would have watched this game on tv, having some crisps and cake. it is better to be here to be fair. a troubled year ending ona here to be fair. a troubled year ending on a high to the burnley. they have better times ahead. adam wilde, bbc news. the premier league is after a new boss only a few weeks after hiring one. susanna dinnage had agreed to take overfrom richard scudamore as chief executive, but she‘s now changed her mind. she‘s going to stay in her current role with the discovery channel after deciding that she didn‘t want to leave broadcasting. bath jumped up to fifth place in rugby union‘s premiership after beating leicester last night. they ran in three ties to win 23—16.

rory mcconnochie racing down the line for the third. elsewhere, bristol beat newcastle to increase the gap between the two sides at the bottom of the league. how about this for a mix—up in the pro—14? two ospreys players bamboozled by the bouncing ball. dragons wing jared rosser the happy recipient as they beat ospreys by a point. it‘s the first time they‘ve beaten a fellow welsh side in four years. michael van gerwen is through to the final of the pdc world darts championship. the dutch 2—time champion was in superb form at ally pally and swept to a 6—sets to one win over scotland‘s gary anderson in their semifinal. van gerwen will play michael smith who ended the run of nathan aspinall to reach his first world championship final. both men were playing in the last four for the first time, but smith came out on top by 6 sets to 3. andy murray may never be free of pain in his troublesome hip. that‘s according to the surgeon who operated on murray

at the beginning of the year. he‘s playing in the brisbane open, which starts today. but drjim o‘donnell says it‘s murray‘s "intense desire to do really well" that‘s kept his tennis career going. and let‘s take advantage of it being winter to watch a bit of ski jumping. can‘t get enough of that. this is germany‘s andreas wellinger. he‘s a double olympic gold medallist. he did the hard bit, landing thejump, but then struggled with the flat bit. does this end well? it does not end well. i have a feeling he would not show it if it did. but he is all right. ski jumping is one of those sports that you wonder how on earth do you learn how to ski jump. you start with small ones. you start with small ones. you are probably right. why did you have to give us such a simple answer. it is one of those things... sta rt

it is one of those things... start with little —— then you do is get bigger and bigger and irritable ijust get bigger and bigger and irritable i just thought you did it the eddie the eagle way and go straight down from the top. we will find out. thank you very much. less than half of people aged over a0 have taken up the offer of a free national health check, which could reduce their chances of developing dementia according to nhs england. the 20—minute assessment, which screens for heart problems, kidney disease and type 2 diabetes has only been taken by a minority of the 15 million people eligible for it over the past five years. let‘s discuss this with alistair burns, nhs england‘s national clinical directorfor dementia. thank you very much. most importantly, why are so few people taking up the chance to have this test? i think we know that the people over 50, dementia is the most feared illness, it attracts stigma and one of the great opportunities going into the new year is to say that we

can into the new year is to say that we ca n p reve nt into the new year is to say that we can prevent dementia and there are lots of things we can do to reduce our individual risk, and with this free painless 20 minute check, it is a good opportunity to raise the profile and to look at risk factors for dementia. he sent prevent dementia. how? we know that probably a third of diagnosis of dementia are associated with what we call risk factors, so things like raise blood pressure, irregular pulse, dimension type 2 diabetes. by paying attention to these risk factors, we can reduce our individual risk. but in addition, by the mentally and physically active, alcohol in moderation, stopping smoking, there is lots that an individual can do, and this simple test is there to raise the profile to get the conversation going. you think there is a level of ignorance? people think, i‘ll either it get dementia or i won‘t, i cannot control those factors, which might

bring it about or not. i think we do know that in terms of heart attacks and strokes, a lot of people know there are things we can do. this is a great opportunity to have a discussion about reducing your individual risk. the great thing about prevention is it is never too early to start, never too late to start. somebody goes in and has this discussion, they had to make changes to make a difference, haven‘t they? there are things that we can do in terms of lifestyle, more mentally and physically active, drinking in moderation, looking at who smoke. there are lots of things you can do. it is not just there are lots of things you can do. it is notjust good in terms of reducing risk of dementia. it is good for your heart, can reduce stroke. the new year and festive seasonis stroke. the new year and festive season is a very good time to think in terms of change. members of your family and friends as well, are there signs and things

you should look out for in others? that is a good point, and around christmas and new year when people are spending more time, it is a good opportunity to chat. we know that many of the symptoms come on gradually, so perhaps if you haven‘t seen someone for many months, you could be struck by a change, and it isa could be struck by a change, and it is a good opportunity to have a discussion. if people are worried, they can get help. how do you get one of these checks, and who does it? a good start is to go to your family doctor and it is usually a nurse who would do it, it is a questionnaire, talking about lifestyle, attest blood pressure. it is free, painless and a great opportunity to look at and a great opportunity to look at an individual risk. thank you very much for your time. this is view over central london this morning in the countdown to new year‘s eve. there it is. about 17 hours away. if

you are interested, bbc tonight, there will be celebrations to take a thing to 2019. how will the weather beef that? matt has all the details. good morning. he good morning, yes, happy hogmanay. dry for those celebrating across the south. maybe a different story for one or two, as i will show you, but for much of this last of 2018 we stick with a familiar picture of largely cloudy skies and is staying dry and mild. mild because of high pressure to the south of us, dragging air all the way in from the atlantic, temperatures in scotland around ten or 11 degrees, and we will see some rain. it will come and go, nothing too persistent, but the wind strengthening and reaching gale force as we go through the day. strengthening the severe gale force later. south of that, the wind is much lighter, sticking with lots of

cloud. the odd break to the east over higher ground and temperatures a few degrees above what they are at the moment, staying at at the levels they should be at this time of year, 11 to 13 degrees. rain spreading southwards across scotland to the north of northern ireland. as we welcome in 2019, as the bells ring, welcome in 2019, as the bells ring, we could see wind gusts of 16, 17, maybe more across the likes of orkney, shetland. strong to gale force winds across scotland, winds light of further south but a blustery start. patchy rain clearing away from glasgow and edinburgh by the time he hit midnight. could be a are down across the coast of northern ireland. the winds light is the further you are south. the night and into the early hours we see that thicker cloud with patchy rain lingering across parts of northern ireland, spreading into north wales, north midlands and northern parts of east anglia. temperatures dropping relative to last night because, as we go into new year‘s day, high pressure to the west of us, low

pressure to the west of us, low pressure a cross pressure to the west of us, low pressure across scandinavia. we are opening the door to a northerly airflow. the coldest air will mist us down towards eastern parts of europe, but certainly at chilly feel as we go through tuesday, new year‘s day. i think the highest of the temperatures could be early on, especially in the south. cloudy aircon but that will break up and give sunny spells —— cloudy air,. for most, we will see blue skies develop across many areas and temperatures dropping away into the afternoon. they will drop further as we head into tuesday night. the blue colours on the chart an indication that frost will be back with us. not quite so across some eastern parts of england, a lot more cloud here to ta ke of england, a lot more cloud here to take this into wednesday and a bit more breeze. cloud will break other times, and for most midweek is looking sunny but much fresher out there. temperatures in single figures quite widely across the uk, well down on what we have seen

throughout this festive period. really that will continue into the rest of the week so as we welcome in the brand—new year, expect things to turn colder but also much sunnier and the dry story will continue as well. that is how your weather is looking. i will have more throughout the morning. back now to dan and louise. it has been more than a year since the famous big ben bongs were paused to allow essential maintenance work to be carried out, but new year‘s eve in london wouldn‘t feel right without those iconic chimes. thankfully, parliament has made sure that big ben can still sound for such important events. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been finding out how they will make the bell ring at midnight. typically, it is 399 steps to the top of what is surely britain‘s most commonly misnamed building. but refurbishment of the elizabeth tower, which houses the bell big ben , means that right now,

the journey is much quicker. good to see you. wow, this is an amazing spot, isn‘t it? it‘s a huge privilege obviously to be able to do this. the fabric of the building suffered bomb damage during the second world war. there‘ve been various repairs since then, and this is the first opportunity we‘ve had, really, to take it apart from top to bottom and do a thoroughjob on it. work began early last year, and is due to last until 2021. it has meant scaffolding and silence, instead of familiar sights and sounds. lots of tourists have been very upset by it. they‘ve only come to london to see the clock tower itself. but, you know, at the end of the day, the time has come for maintenance, unfortunately. big ben bongs. for almost 160 years, the hammer that strikes big ben has been activated by the great clock. with the original clock mechanism currently off—site being restored, here is the challenge — how do you allow the world‘s most famous bell to be struck on special occasions? we made the obligation that this bell would be made available

for all national events, like remembrance sunday and new year‘s eve. so, in november, this device made its debut. it is a computer system that‘s linked to a gps. our device on—site picks up that signal, and tells the motor to start to run, allowing the hammer to strike. big ben bongs. that‘s exactly what happened on remembrance sunday, and it worked extremely well. so, come midnight on new year‘s eve, it‘s going to happen, is it? it will happen. yes, i‘m nervous. but nerves are a good thing, because it shows you actually care about something. the sound of one year ending and a new year beginning — too important for any refurbishment to silence. have you seen the new mary poppins?

no. well, i won't ruin it for you, but there is some big then drama in mary poppins, emily blunt doing stuff u p mary poppins, emily blunt doing stuff up the elizabeth tower, as i will call it from now on —— big ben. january is the most popular month to start up a business, so what is the best advice for anyone thinking of making the leap? nina is taking a look this morning. good morning. yes, good morning. yes, new year often means a new start, and thousands of people will be going into january starting a new role. it is the top month for people starting a new business. over the next few weeks here on breakfast, we are going to be talking to people who have made that bold move. one is fiona neate. along with her business partner, erin rodgers, she set up a business around a year ago while on maternity leave. it isa it is a subscription box for children, so each month they get a different box, and it teaches them about a different country. it was about a different country. it was about getting a bit of my own time back, and what did i want to do with that? some do exercise, some do a

hobby, but for me, ijust want that? some do exercise, some do a hobby, but for me, i just want to start my own business. doing it alongside air and has helped tremendously. i don‘t even know if i would have carried on, to be honest, if it was just solely on my own. it is hard work. it is scary, and there are scary points and there are bad days, but also the feedback we get from our customers, and photos and things, that spurs us on even more. for me, ijust had to do it, and ta ke for me, ijust had to do it, and take a chance. to anyone who finds time for that on maternity leave. good morning. that idea is a lovely one. very simple, children‘s subscription, they get to doa children‘s subscription, they get to do a bit of cooking, a bit of craft. how do you know if your idea is one thatis how do you know if your idea is one that is going to fly a? well, testing it is a very good idea. so as they will have done, talk to friends and family. some people say don‘t talk to friends and family, because they will tell you your

business is a great idea because they don‘t want to say anything negative. it is really good to start with a trusted focus group and say this is something i am thinking of launching, would you pay this much money, do you like the colour, this is where i am thinking of selling it. test out your idea and see if it is a —goer. of selling it. test out your idea and see if it is a -goer. and friends and family can be the most brutal! it depends on your friends and family. and january can feel like the right month because psychologically it is a fresh start, but is it the right move businesswise, it is a month when people might not have the cash to spend. is it wise economically? january is a great month to start a business. we see it reflected in the statistics, it is the most popular month to start a business and the reason being that lots of people come back from the christmas break and they come back to a job where they think is this the job i want to be doing? can this be the year i become my own boss? it is why in january we host a big start up show, this year called start up 2019,

because people want to feel could this be the year i get the freedom and flexibility i want from starting my own business? and we are seeing this, people in their hordes doing this, people in their hordes doing this, you don‘t have to give up the dayjob. so something that is becoming very popular is called the site hustle, so people work a day job and they literally build the business at nights and weekends —— site —— side hustle. business at nights and weekends —— site -- side hustle. is important to have an escape plan? we know is statistically a mac —— we know statistically a mac —— we know statistically that many businesses fail. what no-one ever does is go back to that found say did you start something, maybe not to your market research, maybe not make the right so it didn‘t work? did you go back and start another business? because the interesting thing is once people have tasted the beauty of self—employment, they really want to go back to an employee. so i think

those stats are not quite right, but the ways in which people can reduce the ways in which people can reduce the risk of going out of business is keeping the sale is high, keeping costs low, and there is a great way to keep costs low at the moment which is keeping hold of that day job, building the business at night and weekends, and using the benefit of online, it keeps your costs low all the time. and we know that under 35, for example, are less inclined to view their future as one job for life, so is that something we are likely to see more of? well, people starting a business on the side of something else, it is estimated that one infour something else, it is estimated that one in four people are now doing this. many of them are young people. the thing we love, and we have a whole campaign to help young people start businesses, they are very co mforta ble start businesses, they are very comfortable with technology. so if you say to a young person, how about building a business on in the grahm, they won‘t think twice about doing it. what the young people haven‘t got quite as much as the wisdom, the experience, so what we have to do is match those younger people with people who have got little bit more

experience. but it all comes down to ideas, doesn‘t it? if you have recently started a business, or if you are thinking of having a go, we would love to hearfrom you, so do drop us an email or get in touch on social media. many thanks. that is all very good advice, and you are quite right, keep the dayjob as long as you can. you are watching breakfast. still to come this morning: dirty sanchez star matt pritchard will be here to tell us about his newjob presenting the bbc‘s first vegan cookery show, dirty vegan. leaping through fields of, i don‘t know, cabbage? maybe it was kale. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. it is being claimed that some members of a paedophile gang

which included milly dowler‘s killer, levi bellfield, are still at large. the allegations are made in a report by a senior social worker with hillingdon council which has been handed to the metropolitan police. bellfield is serving life in prison for the murder of three young women, including 13—year—old milly, from walton—on thames. the metropolitan police has now sold off more than £1 billion worth of property, to ease the affect of funding cuts, according to new figures. the force has had to make £600 million of savings since 2010, which led to the closure of police stations across the capital. the biggest sale was new scotland yard, which was sold forn £370 million. the police federation says the met has sold its crown jewels and has run out of things to sell. tonight‘s new year‘s eve fireworks show will be a celebration of london‘s relationship with europe, according to the mayor. final preparations are being made for the sold—out event in central london. 70,000 fireworks will go off during the 11—minute show. organisers say the mayor‘s office

asked them to create a display with the theme of "london is open". we need to bring to life the fact that london is proud to be a global city, a european city, and also it‘s really important that we share a message of support for all of the europeans that live in our city. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning apart from the picadilly line, which has no service between rayners lane and uxbridge, and the the planned part closure on london overground and tfl rail. on the trains, strike action is affecting the south western railway network today with fewer services expected. on the roads, in dagenham the a13 closed eastbound at the junction with the a1306 goresbrooke interchange due to a multi—vehicle collision. now the weather with alex osborne.

hello, good morning. well, we‘re ending 2018 on a relatively quiet note. the good news today, it should stay mainly dry. but, like the past few days, we‘re holding onto a lot of cloud in the skies. isay mostly dry, as the biggest areas mayjust squeeze out the odd spot of drizzle, though i think most people today should escape with a largely dry day. there may be the occasional dry spell, but generally rather grey and overcast. fairly light winds, too, and mild for the time of year. temperatures for some reaching some ten or 11 celsius. now, through the all—important evening and overnight period, if you are heading out to any new year‘s eve celebrations, it‘s not looking too bad. it should stay mainly dry, with a good deal of cloud around, though. the winds remaining light, too, and then we‘ll see some clear spells forming after midnight. nothing especially cold. minimum temperatures down to between five and seven celsius. so, for new year‘s day, we‘ll start off with a fair amount of cloud around, but it should brighten up in some spots to give some spells of sunshine into the afternoon.

a mainly dry and decent day, too, but it will start to turn chillier from wednesday. have a great new year. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. now though it‘s back to louise and dan. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today: no easy answers — the home secretary admits many of the reasons for a rise in migrants crossing the channel are outside the government‘s control. heartbreak for the british grandparents fighting for custody of their murdered son‘s children as they‘re told only one can come home from china. a year to forget for the high street — music retailer hmvjoins a long list of stores, which either went into administration or shut up shop in 2018. i‘ll be finding out if more failures could be ahead. keeping the pressure on — manchester city breathing down the neck of liverpool after a win that keeps them in the title race. clock chimes.

and despite building works, we‘ll hear how big ben will still ring in the new year tonight. we see out the old year with plenty of cloud around once again today. tomorrow, much more sunshine for the start of 2019. to get us through the midnight hour, some strong winds in northern scotland. i have the details here. good morning. it is monday. the home secretary, sajid javid, will chair a meeting of the border force and the national crime agency today to discuss an action plan to tackle a growing number of migrants attempting to cross the english channel. more than 200 migrants have made the crossing since november. the uk and france have agreed to step up joint patrols, but some backbench mps have criticised the home office for being too slow to act. simon clemison reports. the coastguard helicopter on patrol above the kent shoreline. but even though there is now closer

monitoring of the english channel, will it be enough to tackle the rising number of migrants risking everything to reach the uk? in yet another crossing, six iranian men were found on a beach near dover yesterday not long after the home secretary promised action having come under increased pressure. in an interview with the telegraph today, sajid javid told the newspaper the reasons behind the spike were complicated and often beyond the government‘s control. he said the problem was being fuelled by instability in the middle east, more people smugglers and tighter security at calais. yesterday, the home secretary agreed a joint action plan with france to try to deter migrants and disrupt criminal gangs involved in trafficking. but some mps, including his own backbenchers, feel there‘s not enough detail and have called for more specialist border force patrol boats to be deployed. mrjavid said there were no easy answers, but if the number of attempts at making this perilous journey continues to rise, then so too will the political pressure on the home secretary.

simon clemison, bbc news, dover. we can speak now to simon, who‘s in doverfor us this morning. simon, what are conditions like there this morning? good morning. we have not seen any lifeboats called out overnight, but yesterday within a few hours of me saying that, those iranians men were found on a beachjust saying that, those iranians men were found on a beach just a the shoreline from here. the home secretary talks about these very complex problems with no easy solutions, and there are a lot of strands to this. if he tries to travel —— tackle the traffickers, there are evidence they are finding their own boats and making their way across. some think they need to get in before brexit. there never is the weather, not that you should ever make the crossing of the biggest shipping lane in the world like they do. those are the problems. in terms of the solutions, he says their

runner easy answers, but i think is critics would like to see a few more a nswe rs critics would like to see a few more answers than that, particularly on those boats that are currently in the mediterranean. there is one here in the davis strait, but the government has said clearly all along that it believes if those boats are brought back, the border force votes, that might encourage more migrants because they act as rescue craft as well as patrol boats, and that might give migrants more encouragement. the numbers here are nowhere near the mediterranean numbers of three years ago or the numbers of three years ago or the number of asylum seekers overall, but the fact that one vote after another keeps coming here in such difficult conditions shows you how desperate these people are. thank you very much. we‘ll speak to a charity worker after 8:00 this morning, who can give us a sense of what life is like for migrants, and why they want to come to the uk. some breaking news for you. we are hearing in the last few minutes, 39 people have been arrested on

submission —— of murder. the man is in hospital with life—threatening injuries after the incident which took place in hammersmithjust after one o‘clock in the morning. we will bring you more news on that as we get it. 39 people have been arrested in connection with the incident. the police said they were arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and they have been taken into custody. more on that as we get it. the parents of a british man killed by his chinese wife have agreed a custody deal to bring their granddaughter to the uk, but they must leave their grandson with his maternal grandparents in china. ian and linda simpson, from suffolk, wanted both 8—year—old jack and 6—year—old alice to live with them after their son michael was murdered in 2017. we can get more on this from our correspondent robin brant, who‘s in shanghai. robin, a tragic story, and not getting any easier for the parents. wherever you turn, you have a

marriage that collapsed, the murder ofa marriage that collapsed, the murder of a father of two children by his chinese wife back in march 2017, two children taken away to rural china and now an agreement overseen by the court agreed by british grandparents and chinese grandparents, these two children alice and jack are going to be split up. in symphony 69 and his ex—wife linda, it was their son who was murdered and they have agreed to ta ke was murdered and they have agreed to take alice back to the uk to essentially start a new life. they wa nted essentially start a new life. they wanted children, but the chinese family wouldn‘t do that. they offered one or neither. the chinese court support this agreement. in a way, i think this is the nightmare outcome for the simpsons. i have been speaking to them over the past six, seven months. they find it absolutely dreadful. nonetheless, thatis absolutely dreadful. nonetheless, that is what they are going to do.

ian simpson, he was on the show in july this year and he explained to us back there and why they wanted custody of the children, why they wa nted custody of the children, why they wanted to take their back to live with him in the uk. michaelweighs them ina with him in the uk. michaelweighs them in a western—style, they spent two years —— to visit a year over here, they speak english, they are suffering a bit at the moment for obvious reasons, they have travelled around spain and thailand on holidays with our family. when they we re holidays with our family. when they were already talking about a divorce and she was away, there were happy the children would go with michael because he was the real carer. as faras we are because he was the real carer. as far as we are concerned, that is where they should be. they get one grandchild, alice. i think they are nervous, but we have a statement from them in the last half—hour. they say alice is ready for her big adventure, she is an absolute joy to be with. they are hugely grateful to the chinese authorities and the lawyers in

china. that is interesting because they intend to continue this legal battle to try and get jack back to the uk at some point as well. concerns have been raised about a new eu fishing law that comes into force tomorrow. trawlers will have to take fish back to port that would normally have been thrown overboard to prevent them going over their quotas. the aim is to avoid wasting fish and to encourage crews to be more selective. but a house of lords committee says it‘s concerned about how the scheme will work and how it will be enforced. the majority of councils in england didn‘t prosecute a single motorist for misusing a disabled parking permit in the last 12 months according to data from the department for transport. in that time, the number of blue badges reported as stolen rose by 45% on the previous year. the local government association says authorities have limited resources to carry out enforcement, as john mcmanus reports. they are a lifeline for around 2.4

million motorists who have some form of disability. lewd ba d g es lewd badges allow them to park free of charge and for up to three hours on yellow lines. that makes them is very valuable and the of badges reported as stolen rose to 4000 last year. data from the department of transport and analysed shows that most councils in england, including middlesbrough, nottingham and shropshire, failed to take action against a single motorist is using the motorists over the last 12 months. of those that did, the largest number of prosecutions were in three boroughs. i —— i think the figures show that councils will and fourth were they have got the evidence. this is hard to prove, clearly we have to stick around and find out when we see somebody using a blue note, we had to get a large amount of evidence before we prosecute. the disability charity scope has called a level of prosecutions

disgraceful and pointed out that this is not a victimless crime. john mcmanus, bbc news. the new horizons space probe has received its final commands from nasa ahead of a historic mission tomorrow. the unmanned craft will pass a 30—kilometre wide frozen object, known as ultima thule, taking pictures and gathering information as it speeds by. it will set a new record for the most distant object ever studied, and it is... how far away? very far away. 6.5 billion kilometres from earth. my my goodness me, that is very far away. it's 7:10. people with a relative in residential care will know that giving our loved ones a good quality of life is about much more than just meeting physical requirements. earlier this year, regulator the care quality commission reminded providers that they must also look after spiritual, cultural and religious needs too.

so, as part of our who cares? series, jayne mccubbin has been to find out more about the benefits of culturally appropriate care. come on, you know this song. all of you know this song. they are working out at the african caribbean care centre in moss side in manchester. so, i‘ve come out to do falls prevention, to strengthen their legs. what‘s on the playlist? # the way that it should be... the kind of music that will inspire them, like little millie and john holt, and all of those kind of classics. it just itjust reminds them, it takes them back. # if you would only let it be... this day care centre is in the heart of an area in manchester with a long—standing african caribbean community. what‘s on the menu? we have an african and caribbean delicacy. can we see? get a shot, look at this. all of these little cultural touchstones, from the food to the music... yeah.

does all of that matter? yes, it does. seeing certain caribbean themes and getting feedback, it kind of brings them back. dear lord. thank you for providing their meal. today, grace is said by merle, who arrived in the uk in the 1960s. you were only 18 when you came. yes, 1960, when enoch powell said he wanted nurses. came on the 23rd, just before christmas, and on christmas morning when i opened my door, i had presents right to the top. everybody brought me presents. really? yes, it was so nice. merle tells me life has been good to her and her husband, and that this place has been a lifeline since his stroke. is it good? oh, it's beautiful. ten out of ten from over here. show the camera. ta—da! gladys and the women in flower arranging tell me about good lives well lived in this, their second home,

but staying culturally connected is important. do you miss jamaica, even now? no, i don‘t think i could live there again. but it‘s nice to have a little taste of it. that‘s it. how was everton‘s cooking? that cow foot was gorgeous. oh, was it?! the cow foot is a smash, and for those who can‘t come to the cow foot, there‘s leon. meals on wheels, but cow foot. and for me, knocking on the door, they love it. we need more organisations like this in the community, not just in manchester. are you ready for bingo? all: yes! let's go. this day centre hopes to offer 24—hour care soon. they say it is a dire shortage of residential homes, which look after much more than a person‘s physical needs. spiritual needs sometimes gets missed. and the cultural needs are just as important. spiritual, cultural — yes, just as important.

just as important, but too often neglected. yes, we have a winner! and lives are so easily enriched when these needs are properly looked after. let‘s get some more on all of that. nadra ahmed, executive chairman of the national care association, joins us now from our london newsroom. thank you so much to joining thank you so much tojoining us. from a personal perspective, your mother is in care. how important is it that people are culturally sensitive and educated ? yes, my mother was in care. she passed away a few years ago. i think it is actually crucial that cultural needs are met, but i think that is crucial in any care in any culture, so the individual is what is the centre of the universe when we look at care. and that means that we not only look after their physical

needs, but actually, we look at their emotional and their social needs as well. which will be built up needs as well. which will be built up over years as a foundation around the culture that they have grown up in. and if we don‘t do that, then we are actually not looking after the whole person. we are actuallyjust being very specific about what we do. apologies for being insensitive. i genuinely did know that. so i apologise. when she was in care, did you see a difference? if you are lucky where she was. idid. i lucky where she was. i did. i think it was a very challenging situation for us. obviously, coming from the cultural background that we come from. that is inherited about looking after somebody in their own home. which of the sleeve great choice if we can meet all the needs which includes the physical and mental needs and also then look at the environment and the people who would be the primary carers and the impact on them. so we made that decision and

we made the choice, along with my father. to look for a service that would look after her. and we were very fortu nate would look after her. and we were very fortunate because the service was very receptive. obviously predominantly that service had people who were of english origin, but having lived here since the 19605, but having lived here since the 1960s, we work in a very mixed culture and we have adopted a loss —— a lot of the scenarios that enable us to live happily in the uk. so mum was used to that. but we were able to then also meet her cultural needs because we were able to talk to the carers, who themselves came from all around the world. we had a lot of migrant workforce in that service as well. and they were able to really make that difference because we came from kenya

originally, so mum spoke slightly early, there were people there who spoke quite healy, and they all took it upon themselves to meet part of that culture, and that was partly to do with the fact that we were able to talk to them so much about what mum was like what she did, it is that whole picture of an individual, so it can be done, but i think it is much more challenging when it‘s not actually recognised as one of the primary ways, especially with things like conditions like dementia where the foundations may be set in a different country in a different world in a different environment. and then we are trying to care from them ina and then we are trying to care from them in a different environment. iam very i am very interested in what you say and you make a really good case for the benefits of those primary care is dealing with your mother on an everyday basis. is that where perhaps the focus should be, on the fa ct perhaps the focus should be, on the fact that within that environment lots of people have different

cultural experiences? absolutely. i think it is... without it, we lose the richness of the multicultural nation that we are so proud of, and i think that‘s what we‘ve got to focus back on. it doesn‘t mean that a really good care can‘t meet those needs, but it just a really good care can‘t meet those needs, but itjust is... it is an additional asset to the social care sector. really good to talk to you. thank you for your time this morning. here is matt with a look at this morning‘s weather. ita it a lovely beach scene behind him. hgppy it a lovely beach scene behind him. happy hogmanay, happy hogmanay to you as well, not a bad end the 2018, to be fair. if you are on the move, nothing to severe away from the north of scotland. those places will be dry and there will be plenty of cloud around. it could be a grey and

to the year as we go through today. high pressure to the south of us, dragging that errorfrom high pressure to the south of us, dragging that error from the mid atlantic. temperatures at the moment eight to 13 celsius. as we see the cloud thickening northern scotland, the winds will pick up. we could see some severe gales later on, outbreaks of rain pushing into the north and west of scotland will slowly and erratically push their way as a go through the day. much of england, wales and northern ireland staying dry during daylight hours. 20 of cloud, the odd glimmer of sunshine here and there and temperatures again higher than they should be for the time of year. through the evening there will be some rain spreading southwards from scotla nd some rain spreading southwards from scotland into the north of northern ireland, allowing the wind to strengthen. across the far north of scotland, severe gales and around shetland winds in excess of 70 mph. that could cause some problems as the welcome in the brand—new year. a bit of patchy rain may have gone through glasgow and edinburgh by the end of the night. i am optimistic skies were clear by the time we hit

the bells at midnight. england and wales will stay dry through all of new year‘s eve and into the start of new year‘s eve and into the start of new year‘s eve and into the start of new year‘s day. a fair amount of cloud, the winds light of the further south you are. could see a bit of patchy rain into the early hours across northern england, into the north midlands and north wales tonight, and temperatures will take a noticeable drop, especially given the fact we have a strong north to north—westerly winds. that is sandwiched in between this area of high pressure to the west of us were new year‘s day, low pressure across scandinavia, lots of snow across scandinavia. we will be drawing our air infrom scandinavia. we will be drawing our air in from the far north but the real cold air will be the east of us, scandinavia down into eastern europe. either way we will notice a change compared with recent days. good news for new year‘s day, we clear away a lot of the cloud, some patchy cloud and the odd isolated shower across the south. a few showers in the far north of scotland, maybe wintry and shetland, but in between, get out and enjoy a bit more sunshine, wrap up against the breeze, temperatures for the most will be back down into single figures. what will follow will be a

cold night. tuesday night and into wednesday some of you returning to work on wednesday, of course, widespread frost across the west. just about frost free in the east because of the cloud and a strong breeze. it will feel just as cold. the winds will ease down, cloud breaking up, sunny spells for the vast majority of wednesday. lots of sunshine, really, and temperatures after that chilly start mid single figures for the most part. so there are some big changes as we welcome in the new year. gone will be the grey skies, the patchy, light rain and drizzle, in will be something colder, frosty by night, but certainly with a lot more sunshine by day. and i think many of us will welcome its return. we will see you a little bit later on, that is what new year‘s day is going to look like many us. —— look like for many of us. you are watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. the journalist angela epstein is here to tell us what has

caught her eye. we will speak to angela in a minute. but first, let‘s take a look at this morning‘s papers. the telegraph leads on the migrant crisis, and the home secretary, sajid javid, claiming there are no easy answers to the problem of people crossing the channel illegally. the picture shows lily collins, star of the new bbc adaptation of the musical les miserables. the times also leads on the migrant crisis, with senior conservatives reportedly criticising sajid javid for not doing enough. its main picture shows a samba dancer who will be taking part in the new year‘s day parade in london tomorrow. the daily mirror claims that 70,000 operations were halted last year due to a lack of beds, staff or equipment. and the sun shows the strictly come dancing pro aj pritchard and his brother curtis sporting nasty bruises after they were allegedly attacked in a nightclub in cheshire. so you are starting with a story from the times about food waste tsar. it seems like quite a poignant moment to talk about this. ben elliott is a businessman who will be

working with government to try and eliminate all land waste —— food waste going to landfill by 2030. we have all overindulged over christmas and usually newspapers are full of recipes about how to keep the turkey going for another week or so, turkey sandwiches, and so on, but there is a serious issue here. as a nation we chuck out loads of food. you have the supermarket who have stacks of food at the end of the day, and there are charities such as the felix project, which works with supermarkets and collect food which cannot be sold. but also as individuals, we chuck out so much food. speaking anecdotally, when you have a fluctuating domestic situation, in my case kids coming home from university or whatever, and you take the door off the fridge because they are just in it the whole time, and then perhaps the family shrinks down to whoever is left at home, we buy more than we do. i would like to see, personally, more direction. we have so much

about how many of our five day we should be having, more grains, more fibre, and over the last few weeks, how many ways you can cook a potato, which is riveting. at the thing is i think there is very little direction about how we don‘t waste food. i don‘t know whether it is to do with packaging, our 20 47 lifestyle, or maybe we are just a little bit rubbish at it —— 24/ seven. it would be interesting if part of the remit for be interesting if part of the remit foer be interesting if part of the remit for mr elliott was to direct us.|j feel like we are told all the time how not to waste it, but maybe i am wrong. i am thinking more of a kind of consumer level. you will have acres of pages about how to deal with leftovers after chris was, and the fabled turkey curry, i have never had the good fortune to eat turkey curry, but interesting would be just turkey curry, but interesting would bejust some turkey curry, but interesting would be just some guidance about family size, and obviously there is an element of common sense and we are driven by the needs of our own families, and the things that they will and won‘t eat, as well. i think

it would be interesting to have some kind of ideas, some interesting and refreshing ideas, about how to stop us out so much food. let's have a look at this one from the guardian, labour accusing private schools of gaming the system by letting their pupils opt... well, it talks about the easier gcses. what is going on? so let‘s set aside the political points scoring. there was an idea that the igcses were harder to pass but easier to get an a—star. obviously labour and private school will never be a happy ending in a sentence involving all of those words at the same time, but this idea of messing around with the gcse system, the labour is demanding —— the labor party is demanding an enquiry into the changes, because it doesn‘t want state schools to have the advantage of private schools

which can take these international gcses. the broader point to me is they have been messing around with gcses for as long as i can remember. being 100 years old and having taken o—levels... being 100 years old and having taken o-levels. .. don't being 100 years old and having taken o-levels... don't worry, itook being 100 years old and having taken o-levels. .. don't worry, i took them as well. used to have to sweat your guts out for two years and at the end of that in exam conditions prove what you could do, and that was part of the test. in fairness, i did gcses, and i did the same thing, i worked my backside off for them.|j am sure you did, as proven by your esteemed position on the sofa. some of us slipped through the net. must‘ve been a small net. the point is that they introduce coursework and there was this idea of spoon feeding, my youngest says he is michael gove‘s experiment, because he went through that. but we have to have a rigorous exam system, and

just go back to simple a, b, c, d. shall we talk about a happy parking story? i love this story, a traffic warden story? i love this story, a traffic ward e n left story? i love this story, a traffic warden left a note for a driver who parked in double yellow lines. penalty charge notice. that hideous thing, your gut absolutely churns when you see it flapping on the windscreen, and the message said merry christmas, enjoyed not getting a ticket. now, obviously traffic wardens are the fabled jobsworths, they lurk in dark corners waiting for you to go overtime.|j they lurk in dark corners waiting for you to go overtime. i wonder if it was the same traffic warden who once upon a time in london gave me a prayer instead of a ticket, and said ta ke prayer instead of a ticket, and said take this instead of the ticket.|j think that is a wonderful thing. so the season of goodwill, et cetera. all humour aside, the motorist has

become a bit of a cash cow, bus lanes, parking fines, city centre charges, we are tapped all the time and parking wardens do make the gut cink, as i say, so this was a lovely happy ending for christmas. and we will see you again in an hour‘s time. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news. 39 people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in west london. police were called to fulham palace road in hammersmith shortly before 1:00am this morning. a man in his 30s has been taken to hospital with life threatening injuries. london boroughs willjoin forces to provide properties for families on the brink of homlessness. the new scheme, capital letters, aims to end competition between areas for the best accommodation. backed by a government fund to tackle rough sleeping, it is hoped it will help 35,000 households here over the next three years. so far, 11 councils have signed up to it, and it is thought more will follow soon.

tonight‘s new year‘s eve fireworks show will be a celebration of london‘s relationship with europe, according to the mayor. final preparations are being made for the sold out event in central london. 70,000 fireworks will go off during the 11—minute show. organisers say the mayor‘s office asked them to create a display with the theme of "london is open". we need to bring to life the fact that london is proud to be a global city, a european city. and also it‘s really important that we share a message of support for all of the europeans that live in our city. and, for those attending the fireworks tonight, the metropolitan police has advised people to pack lightly and only bring essentials, as no backpacks or suitcases will be allowed into the event. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning apart from the picadilly line, which has no service between rayners lane and uxbridge, and the the planned part—closure

on london overground and tfl rail. on the trains, strike action is affecting the south western railway network today, with fewer services expected. on the roads, in dagenham, the a13 is closed eastbound between the goresbrooke interchange and the junction with marsh way due to a multi—vehicle collision. now the weather, with alex osborne. hello, good morning. well, we‘re ending 2018 on a relatively quiet note. the good news today, it should stay mainly dry. but, like the past few days, we‘re holding onto a lot of cloud in the skies. i say mostly dry, as the thickest areas of cloud mayjust squeeze out the odd spot of drizzle, though i think most people today should escape with a largely dry day. there may be the occasional bright spell, but generally rather grey and overcast. fairly light winds, too, and mild for the time of year. temperatures for some reaching some ten or 11 celsius. now, through the all—important evening and overnight period, if you are heading out to any

new year‘s eve celebrations, it‘s not looking too bad. it should stay mainly dry, with a good deal of cloud around, though. the winds remaining light, too, and then we‘ll see some clear spells forming after midnight. nothing especially cold — minimum temperatures down to between 5—7 celsius. so, for new year‘s day, we‘ll start off with a fair amount of cloud around, but it should brighten up in some spots to give some spells of sunshine into the afternoon. a mainly dry and decent day, too, but it will start to turn chillier from wednesday. have a great new year. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. here‘s a summary of this morning‘s main stories from bbc news. some news we‘re just hearing about in the last half hour — 39 people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing in west london overnight. let‘s get more from our correspondent keith doyle

whojoins us now from central london. id details are a bit sketchy at the moment. what do we know? we don‘t have an awful lot of information, but what police have said is they were called to fulham palace road in west london before one o‘clock this morning where they found a man who they believed to be in his 30s suffering from stab wounds. they say his injuries are life—threatening. they then arrested 39 people we understand from a presidential address nearby. those people have all been taken into custody. obviously a very large number of people taken into custody and they are being dealt with at separate police stations across west london. we know that knife crime has been a serious problem in london this year over 40,000 incidents of knife crime and there is tremendous pressure at on their attitude tackle this growing problem. thank you very much. 39 people

arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of a stabbing took place in london. the home secretary, sajid javid, will chair a meeting of the border force and the national crime agency today to discuss an action plan to tackle a growing number of migrants attempting to cross the english channel. more than 200 migrants have made the crossing since november. the uk and france have agreed to step up joint patrols, but some backbench mps have criticised the home office for being too slow to act. mrjavid has told the daily telegraph that many of the reasons for the surge are out of the government‘s control. the parents of a british man killed by his chinese wife have agreed a custody deal to bring their granddaughter to the uk, but they must leave their grandson with his maternal grandparents in china. ian and linda simpson, from suffolk, wanted both 8—year—old jack and 6—year—old alice to live with them after their son michael was murdered in 2017. the couple, who are in china, said judges there were pushing very hard for them to accept the compromise.

concerns have been raised about a new eu fishing law that comes into force tomorrow. trawlers will have to take fish back to port that would normally have been thrown overboard to prevent them going over their quotas. the aim is to avoid wasting fish and to encourage crews to be more selective. but a house of lords committee says it‘s concerned about how the scheme will work and how it will be enforced. the plan to build a concrete wall on the us—mexico border was dropped early on in donald trump‘s presidency according to his outgoing chief of staff, john kelly. he told the press that although the president often uses the word "wall", the border will more likely be protected by a mix of technology and fencing made from steel slats. a solid border wall was a key pledge for mr trump from the start of his presidential campaign in 2015. a team of divers has been deployed to rescue 15 workers trapped —— the majority of councils in england didn‘t prosecute a single motorist for misusing

a disabled parking permit in the last 12 months according to the department for transport. in that time, the number of blue badges reported as stolen rose by 45% on the previous year. the local government association says authorities have limited resources to carry out enforcement. and finally, the eagle has landed, but not where it was supposed to! two american football fans got the surprise of their lives on saturday when a bald eagle went rogue at a college football game in texas and decided to perch in the crowd. on somebody! the eagle called clark was supposed to fly around the stadium during the national anthem before a 90,000—strong crowd watched the cotton bowl, the college football play—off semifinal between notre dame fighting irish and the clemson tigers. instead of landing near his handler, he made straight for notre dame fans! remarkably calm that guy, wasn‘t he?

an enormous bird landing on his shoulder. i don‘t mind creatures, but when they are at great whopping thing that can bite your head off... not that that eagle would bite your head. i think head. ithinki head. i think i looked terrified. big talents as well. imagine then sticking into that guy‘s act. well done for keeping nice and calm. good morning to you. good morning. i am talking about what is in the most eagerly anticipated matches. i like what the daily mail have done in their football pull—out. what the daily mail have done in theirfootball pull—out. it what the daily mail have done in their football pull—out. it says, invitation. we request your company great epic title duel. when? thursday, january three from eight p.m.. etihad stadium. dressed in red for you, bluegrass. it p.m.. etihad stadium. dressed in red

foryou, bluegrass. it is p.m.. etihad stadium. dressed in red for you, bluegrass. it is liverpool against manchester city. liverpool seven points ahead at manchester back to their winning ways beating southampton. chelsea are not far off as well. i have had fans on twitter saying, we are only a few points behind. tottenham are not far off so it is getting exciting. pet while you‘ll have said if they lose to liverpool on thursday, that is it, game overfor liverpool on thursday, that is it, game over for manchester city —— pep guardiola. city are back up to second after beating southampton. elsewhere, there were wins for chelsea and manchester united, as adam wild reports. having grown used to setting the premier league pace, this sees manchester city now learning to lead the chase. that furrowed brow is not without good reason. back—to—back defeats meant they could ill afford another slip—up, not that one looked likely when they went ahead against southampton. but a thunderous equaliser from pierre—emile hojbjerg saw the clouds of concern descend once more. they didn‘t, though, stay around too long. two goals before half—time settled this one. city now seven points behind leaders liverpool.

at least some learning to enjoy the thrill of the chase. did it well, and the problem is they are fantastic. they may be the best team in europe. i mean, they are in top form and you have to accept it. victory puts city four points clear of chelsea. they needed just a single strike to see off crystal palace. smiles there — something that had been in short supply at old trafford. that was before ole gunnar solskjaer took over manchester united. players it seems now free to express themselves. paul pogba criticised, even vilified under the previous regime, now, like his team, seemingly enjoying himself once more, having refound his rhythm. he scored twice against bournemouth. marcus rashford and romelu lukaku doing the rest. united looking more like their old self. i probably would have watched this game on tele, having some crisps and cake.

so, it‘s better to be here to be fair. a troubled year ending on a high too for burnley. victory over west ham gives them hope of better times ahead. adam wild, bbc news. the premier league is after a new boss only a few weeks after hiring one. susanna dinnage had agreed to take overfrom richard scudamore as chief executive, but she‘s now changed her mind. she‘s going to stay in her current role with the discovery channel after deciding that she didn‘t want to leave broadcasting. away from football, bath jumped up to fifth place in rugby union‘s premiership after beating leicester last night. they ran in three ties to win 23—16, rory mcconnochie racing down the line for the third. elsewhere, bristol beat newcastle to increase the gap between the two sides at the bottom of the league. how about this for a mix—up in the pro—14?! two ospreys players bamboozled by the bouncing ball. dragons wing jared rosser the happy recipient as they beat ospreys by a point.

it‘s the first time they‘ve beaten a fellow welsh side in four years. michael van gerwen is through to the final of the pdc world darts championship. the dutch 2—time champion was in superb form at ally pally and swept to a 6—sets to 1 win over scotland‘s gary anderson in their semifinal. van gerwen will play michael smith who ended the run of nathan aspinall to reach his first world championship final. both men were playing in the last four for the first time, but it was smith who came out on top by 6 sets to 3. andy murray may never be free of pain in his troublesome hip. that‘s according to surgeon who operated on murray at the beginning of the year. drjim o‘donnell says it‘s murray‘s "intense desire to do really well" that‘s kept his tennis career going. he‘s playing in the brisbane open, which starts today. and he looks to be enjoying himself. here he is with rafa nadal, nick kygios, jo—wilfred tsonga and kai nishikori, just about to welcome in 2019. it‘s just after 5:30 in the evening in brisbane. it looks like they are getting the

party started down there. and let‘s take advantage of it being winter to watch a bit of skijumping. we quite like how this ends. it is a really good job. this is germany‘s andreas wellinger. he‘s a double olympic gold medallist, he did the hard bit, landing thejump, but then struggled with the flat bit. an absolutely bizarre sport. totally fine, bit of celebration and then it all goes bad. we have seen quite a lot of those. the sporting celebration that ends badly in 2018. it will not putting the rugby ball down, people celebrating, wasn‘t there something in the cricket, somebody celebrating and they didn‘t realise the ball was coming back in and they got run out? we have seen loads of those. it possibly the last one of the year. i think you have done all right. ido i think you have done all right. i do think you get any of the points if you fall over at the end. you had

to land unfinished on your skis. i will check it out. i can hear people shouting at us now. 0f people shouting at us now. of course not! i will find out. it isa it is a happy new year‘s eve? i think so. good news stories about the environment might seem like a bit of a rarity these days, especially when it comes to our beaches and oceans. but according to uk wildlife trusts, some rare marine species like seahorses and little terns are starting to make a comeback. conservation on the coast is being supported by thousands of volunteers who are helping to monitor protected areas. sarah ward from the wildlife trust in sussex is here to tell us more. good morning. how lovely to have some good news. what is happening and what are you excited about? there is so much happening all around the uk at the moment in terms of wildlife, in terms of the marine environment and the main thing we have really had this year is a huge amount of interest from all of the

volu nteers amount of interest from all of the volunteers that are part of our network and this time last year we we re network and this time last year we were all watching david attenborough‘s blue planet too, and that sparked much interest and enthusiasm. there has been so much going on because we have had a huge number of volunteers to help us out there, doing all of our coastal monitoring and surveys. i was reading those volunteer rubbish pick—ups, stuff like each clea ns rubbish pick—ups, stuff like each cleans in the isle of wight collecting 400 bags of rubbish. welsh wildlife trust collections pick up 14,095 pieces of litter and intent, nearly 3000 kg of rubbish and 60 shopping trolleys collected from the s3. there is a lot of work to be done. it is absolutely not a hopeless cause, though. there is so much good work going on around the country, i think the amount of litter we are finding is obviously quite a shock actor, but the enthusiasm that is

there through the volunteer network and that is only going to keep spearing things i hope. tell us a little bit about the sea horses that have done well, also slugs that you are interested in? sea slugs. that is a good one to me because you have seen it down in sussex where i am based. if this is the flood? that is a sea slug. they are really beautiful creatures. this one is one of the least colourful ones that we see. unlike our garden variety slugs that people are familiar with, sea slugs are fantastically coloured, there is loads of different varieties of them, they come in all shapes and sizes, some of them can do quite interesting things, they are photosynthetic, which means they ta ke are photosynthetic, which means they take energy from the sun, some of them will eat up listeners creatures and take the poison into their bodies as a defence mechanism. on our intertidal shore surveys, we

have found loads and loads of sea slugs this year, loads of different species and in terms of the numbers, and it has been really exciting and if it exciting to see volunteers getting excited as well. we have spoken a lot about plastics. we have spoken a lot about plastics. we don‘t use plastic bottles on this programme any more. i bought this year last christmas and it is still here. last year‘s christmas present. we used to go through quite a few plastic bottles every day, and that is an awful lot. lots of people were making changes, but how much of the problem is that still in the oceans around the uk? it isa still in the oceans around the uk? it is a problem, and as you mentioned with the amount of litter we are still picking up on the beaches, it is obvious to see it is still a problem. whether or not it is getting worse it is difficult to say. i think it is perhaps that we are becoming more aware of the problem, but as i mentioned earlier, it is not a hopeless cause. there is work to be done but i think the individual efforts that people are making in their everyday lives and

in the home recycling and that kind of thing is so important to do is keep that up and hopefully those small changes will lead to big changes in the environment in the future. it seem arch, but you can in the uk? in terms of the wildlife? absolutely, yes. there is so much to see. people look at the ocean see the grey dreariness. but it is such an exciting place. i am quite similartoa lot an exciting place. i am quite similar to a lot of people and i actually discovered the marine environment in australia and thought, this is great and came home and thought, actually, it is quite cool around here as well, you just have to get out and explore and wildlife trusts around the country are quite happy to take volunteers and people, so just are quite happy to take volunteers and people, sojust get are quite happy to take volunteers and people, so just get out there. perfect for the new year‘s day. enjoy your star fishnet place as well. my well. my mum gave that to me. thanks, ma‘am. lovely to bring a little bit of good

news. this is view over central london this morning in the countdown to new year‘s eve. what are we at, 16 hours or so. we will be ringing in the new year on bbc one later. i am afraid i will not be watching, is that? what will you be doing? i will be here tomorrow, unlike others, so... are you with me tomorrow, matt?|j tomorrow, unlike others, so... are you with me tomorrow, matt? i will be here with you. there you go. anyway, good morning to you, happy hogmanay. i am sure things will look less calm in central london in 16 hours‘ time. a calm day for most of you, most dry and quite mild as well. temperatures at the moment about eight to 11 degrees, some of the warmest conditions in northern scotland. with high pressure to the south of it we are dragging that up

from the atlantic, but these weather fronts getting close by and with it strengthening winds as well. a weather front will not produce anything too lengthy as far as rainfall is concerned, but occasional rain, the odd heavier burst pushing across the highlands and islands as we go through the day. most will be dry, the best of the brakes in any cloud on higher ground, sheltered from the breeze. most saying grey and temperatures where they should be, ten to 13 degrees. out this evening, in scotla nd degrees. out this evening, in scotland there will be some rain pushing its way southwards into the north of northern ireland. as the bells bring in 2019 there will be passing showers in orkney and shetland. the strongest of the end the day and takes into 2019, we could see winds top 70 mph in shetland. windy across the northern half, glasgow and edinburgh may see some rain in the early part of the evening but as we hit midnight it should be dry and clear. england and wales, wherever you are celebrating, should be dry. most under cloudy

skies, the odd starry sky here and there, and winds light of the further south you are. patchy rain working through the midlands and north wales, sticking with northern ireland, clearer skies to the north feeling colder, and a windy start to new year‘s day. for new year‘s day itself, between high pressure to the west of us and low pressure across scandinavia, that helps to open the door to a more northerly airflow. the real cold air will mist us, scandinavia and hitting eastern europe, but we will get the tail end of something much chillier than we have had over the past few days. some cloud at times across southern areas to new year‘s day, but away from that and a few showers in northern scotland, some of those wintry in shetland, for most it will bea wintry in shetland, for most it will be a grey day, sunny spells for the vast majority and temperatures falling away as we go through the day. many in single figures by the time we hit the afternoon. into the night, the frost will return across the western half of the uk. eastern

parts of scotland and east of england, just enough breeze and a bit more cloud to keep warmth at bay. a crisp winter ‘s day, plenty of sunshine around, and temperatures staying in mid— single figures. so massive changes from what we finished 2018, but colder feel and those nighttime frosts are back as well. thank you very much indeed, i will see you in half—an—hour and also tomorrow. it has been more than a year since the famous big ben bongs were paused to allow essential maintenance work to be carried out, but new year‘s eve in london wouldn‘t feel right without those iconic chimes. thankfully, parliament has made sure that big ben can still sound for such important events. breakfast‘s tim muffett has been finding out how they will make the bell ring at midnight. typically, it‘s 399 steps to the top of what‘s surely britain‘s most commonly misnamed building, but refurbishment of the elizabeth tower — which houses the bell, big ben — means that right now, the journey‘s much quicker. good to see you.

wow, this is an amazing spot, isn‘t it? it‘s a huge privilege obviously to be able to do this. the fabric of the building suffered bomb damage during the second world war. there‘ve been various repairs since then, and this is the first opportunity we‘ve had really to take it apart from top to bottom and do a thoroughjob on it. work began early last year and is due to last until 2021. it‘s meant scaffolding and silence, instead of familiar sights and sounds. a lot of tourists have been very upset by it, they‘ve only come to london to see the clock tower itself but, you know, at the end of the day, the time has come for maintenance, unfortunately. bell rings. for almost 160 years, the hammer that strikes big ben has been activated by the great clock. with the original clock mechanism currently off—site being restored, here‘s the challenge — how do you allow the world‘s most famous bell to be struck on special occasions? we made the obligation that this

bell would be made available for all national events, like remembrance sunday and new year‘s eve. in november, this device made its debut. it is a computer system that‘s linked to a gps. our device onsite picks up that signal and tells the motor to start to run, allowing the hammer to strike. bell rings. that‘s exactly what happened on remembrance sunday and it worked extremely well. so come midnight on new year‘s eve, it‘s going to happen, is it? it will happen. yes, i‘m nervous, but nerves are a good thing because it shows you actually care about something. the sound of one year ending and a new year beginning. too important for any refurbishment to silence. are you going to be awake at

midnight? i think i might be. are you going to be awake at midnight? ithinki might be. i am really going to try not to bid.|j promised to watch tomorrow for a little bit. at 8:55am? yes. we are ending the year as we have spent a large part of it, talking about problems on the high street — hmv the latest shop in trouble. nina has been looking into this one for us. and i will be watching, i promise. thank you. that‘s right. on friday hmv went into administration, for the second time in five years. the boss said, during the key christmas trading period, the market for dvds fell by more than 30%. high street retailers have been slashing prices in a bid to lure in shoppers after tough trading over the last couple of months. it is a bad end to a bad year which saw toys"r"us, maplin and poundworld all go under. let‘s talk to phil dorrell, a retail expert at retail remedy. very good morning to you. hmv have been here before in 2013, they lived

the fight another day. what went right then and has gone wrong now? any retailer needs a very good core product to be able to sell to those customers coming into its doors. fundamentally, hmv didn‘t change that when they were bought, so what happened was they did a lot of good operational stuff, they reduced cost that may their stores more attractive, but fundamentally the product was dwindling. more and more people are streaming films these days or on netflix and downloading them. then they are ever going to do buying dvds, and if your core market is selling dvds, you are onto a loser. it was inevitable. let's talk about the wider picture. it was about the wider picture. it was about black friday, disappointing super saturday, about boxing day. you are sounding all doom and gloom. what has been interesting is for the first time online retailers, asos,

the big fashion retailers, are reporting a struggle. so it isn‘t just the high street. no, it isn't just the high street. no, it isn't just the high street, they have definitely suffered from some of the internet purchasing which has gone up internet purchasing which has gone up to 20% of all online purchases are online —— retail purchases are online. what happens with things like asos is a little worrying, because if it is all happening online, then what about them? one thing is where people are spending their disposable income, and if you are concerned about that, i am not sure what the future looks like, and brexit is a massive part of that, if you are not sure what that future looks like, maybe you will hold onto that money and the discretionary spend you have few will keep we might spend on going out, but you will not spend online or in stores. and brexit is not going to disappear any time soon. we wish. you have

perpetual faith in the any time soon. we wish. you have perpetualfaith in the high any time soon. we wish. you have perpetual faith in the high street, i know you know that it can survive. what needs to happen? we talk about this a lot. i do believe that the high street will survive. i believe our grandchildren will shop in a high street. i think, however, our grandchildren will shop in a high street. ithink, however, there will be less of them, they will be fewer stores in them, and those stores will be unique in offering something that is a little bit different than the current retail offer. so we need to make sure that those are supported by councils, offering really, really good parking, really great access in and out, and great retailers delivering something unique. many thanks, and we look forward to receiving the retail figures. we look forward to receiving the retailfigures. next week we look forward to receiving the retail figures. next week we have the big supermarkets reporting. we will see how they fear at the end of this particularly challenging year. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london news.

39 people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in west london. police were called to fulham palace road in hammersmith shortly before 1am this morning. a man in his 30s has been taken to hospital with life—threatening injuries. the metropolitan police has now sold off more than £1 billion worth of property to ease the effect of funding cuts, according to new figures. the force has had to make £600 million of savings since 2010, which led to the closure of police stations across the capital. the biggest sale was new scotland yard, which was sold for £370 million. the police federation says the met has sold its crown jewels and has run out of things to sell. tonight‘s new year‘s eve fireworks show will be a celebration of london‘s relationship with europe, according to the mayor. final preparations are being made for the sold out event in central london. 70,000 fireworks will go off during the 11—minute show. organisers say the mayor‘s office

asked them to create a display with the theme of "london is open". we need to bring to life the fact that london is proud to be a global city, a european city. and also it‘s really important that we share a message of support for all of the europeans that live in our city. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning apart from the picadilly line, which has no service between rayners lane and uxbridge, and the the planned part—closure on london overground and tfl rail. on the trains, strike action is affecting the south western railway network today, with fewer services expected. on the roads, in dagenham, the a13 is closed eastbound between the goresbrooke interchange and the junction with marsh way, due to a multi—vehicle collision. now the weather, with alex osborne. hello, good morning.

well, we‘re ending 2018 on a relatively quiet note. the good news today, it should stay mainly dry. but, like the past few days, we‘re holding onto a lot of cloud in the skies. i say mostly dry, as the thickest areas of cloud mayjust squeeze out the odd spot of drizzle, though i think most people today should escape with a largely dry day. there may be the occasional bright spell, but generally rather grey and overcast. fairly light winds, too, and mild for the time of year. temperatures for some reaching some ten or 11 degrees celsius. now, through the all—important evening and overnight period, if you are heading out to any new year‘s eve celebrations, it‘s not looking too bad. it should stay mainly dry, with a good deal of cloud around, though. the winds remaining light, too, and then we‘ll see some clear spells forming after midnight. nothing especially cold — minimum temperatures down to between 5—7 celsius. so, for new year‘s day, we‘ll start off with a fair amount of cloud around, but it should brighten up in some spots to give some spells of sunshine into the afternoon. a mainly dry and decent day, too, but it will start to turn chillier from wednesday. have a great new year.

i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london newsroom in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. our headlines today... no easy answers — the home secretary admits many of the reasons for a rise in migrants crossing the channel are outside the government‘s control. 39 people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing in west london overnight. heartbreak for the british grandparents fighting for custody of their murdered son‘s children, as they‘re told only one can come home from china. new year, new business? january is the most popular month to start one. i‘ll be getting

advice for those looking to take the leap. keeping the pressure on... manchester city, breathing down the neck of liverpool after a win that keeps them in the title race. big ben tolls. and despite building works, we‘ll hear how big ben will still ring in the new year tonight. and strong wind tonight in orkney and shetland may send the fireworks further than you think but otherwise it‘s a case of goodbye to 2018 and the cloudy skies and hello to 2019 under sunny ones. the home secretary, sajid javid, will chair a meeting of the border force and the national crime agency today, to discuss an action plan to tackle a growing number of migrants attempting to cross the english channel. more than 200 migrants have made the crossing since november. the uk and france have agreed to step up joint patrols but some

backbench mps have criticised the home office for being too slow to act. simon clemison reports. the coastguard helicopter on patrol above the kent shoreline. but even though there is now closer monitoring of the english channel, will it be enough to tackle the rising number of migrants risking everything to reach the uk? in yet another crossing, six iranian men were found on a beach near dover yesterday not long after the home secretary promised action having come under increased pressure. in an interview with the telegraph today, sajid javid told the newspaper the reasons behind the spike were complicated and often beyond the government‘s control. he said the problem was being fuelled by instability in the middle east, more people smugglers and tighter security at calais. yesterday, the home secretary agreed a joint action plan with france to try to deter migrants and disrupt criminal gangs involved in trafficking. but some mps, including his own backbenchers, feel there‘s not enough detail and have called for more specialist border force patrol boats to be deployed. mrjavid said there were no easy

answers, but if the number of attempts at making this perilous journey continues to rise, then so too will the political pressure on the home secretary. simon clemison, bbc news, dover. we can speak now to simon, who‘s in doverfor us this morning. presumably they have preparations there and it looks very calm today. tell us more. good morning. it is very calm here. we have not seen the lifeboat being called out today. that said, within hours those iranians men were found just up the coast from here. the home secretary talks about complex problems with no easy a nswe rs talks about complex problems with no easy answers and there are a number of strands to this. while he may try to tackle the traffickers there is evidence migrants are getting their own boats to make their own way across. some trying to get across before brexit. that is driving it. and the weather as well, it is calm this morning, not that anyone should

try this crossing in the boats they do, but the warmer and milder conditions are part of it. in terms of solutions, sajid javid says there are no easy answers and his critics might say they want to see some more a nswe rs might say they want to see some more answers from the home secretary band that not least on the mediterranean boats and patrol boats that also act as rescue ships. that is the government‘s concern, if they bring those back it might encourage more migrants to take this perilous crossing because they feel they could be rescued if needed. simon clemence thank you. some news we‘re just hearing about in the last half hour — 39 people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a stabbing in west london overnight. let‘s get more from our correspondent keith doyle who joins us now from central london. white make very little information so far but i‘m sure there‘s enough to tell us what you know. the police have told us that they were called

toa have told us that they were called to a street in west london shortly before one o‘clock this morning. they found a man believed to be in his 30s with stab wounds. they say the wounds were life—threatening injuries. then 39 people were arrested from a nearby property. police say they have all been taken into custody and are being dealt with at a number of london police stations. we know there has been a huge surge in knife crime in london, over 40,000 incidents of knife crime. mayor sadik khan pledges and has committed to tackle this problem. keith doyle, thank you. the parents of a british man killed by his chinese wife have agreed a custody deal to bring their granddaughter to the uk — but they must leave their grandson with his maternal grandparents in china. ian and linda simpson, from suffolk, wanted both eight—year—old jack and six—year—old alice to live with them after their son michael was murdered in 2017. we can get more on this from our correspondent robin brant, who‘s in shanghai. robin, a tragic story — and not getting any easierfor the parents. such a difficult time for the

family. it's a resolution of sorts. they get to take their granddaughter alice back with them to the uk but this is a prolonged almost two—year legal process that began with the murder of their son by his chinese wife. since then they have fought for custody of their two grandchildren who were being looked after by their chinese grandparents in this country. they say they want to bring them back to the uk because they can offer them a better life. they never alleged they were being mistreated but they wanted to give them what they believe a better standard of schools and living. after the court hearing over the christmas period, the chinese grandparents proposed and it was supported by the chinese authorities that they could have just one grandchild or neither. they have relu cta ntly grandchild or neither. they have reluctantly agreed to have six—year—old alice. eight—year—old alice. eight—year—old jack remains here. in a statement from ian

simpson in the last hour or so they say they are delighted alice is coming home and is ready for her big adventure, an absolute joy to be with at the moment and they are hugely grateful to the chinese authorities and their lawyers in china but they will continue to do all they can to bring jack as well as alice back to britain. concerns have been raised about a new eu fishing law that comes into force tomorrow. trawlers will have to take fish back to port that would normally have been thrown overboard to prevent them going over their quotas. the aim is to avoid wasting fish and to encourage crews to be more selective. but a house of lords committee says it‘s concerned about how the scheme will work and how it will be enforced. the majority of councils in england didn‘t prosecute a single motorist for misusing a disabled parking permit in the last 12 months, according to data from the department for transport. in that time, the number of blue badges reported as stolen rose by 45% on the previous year. the local government association says authorities have limited resources to carry out enforcement, as john mcmanus reports. they‘re a lifeline for around

2.4 million motorists who have some form of disability. blue badges allow holders to park free of charge in pay—and—display bays, and for up to three hours on yellow lines. that makes the permits very valuable, and the number of badges reported as stolen rose to more than 4,000 last year. yet data from the department for transport and analysed by the press association shows that most councils in england, including middlesbrough, nottingham and shropshire, failed to take action against a single motorist for misusing the permits over the last 12 months. of those that did, the largest number of prosecutions were in three boroughs, hammersmith & fulham, newham in london, and leeds. i think the figures show that councils will enforce where they‘ve got the evidence. you know, this is a hard crime to prove. clearly, we have to stick around and find out when we see somebody using a blue badge, we have to gain a large amount of evidence before we prosecute. the disability charity scope has

called the level of prosecutions disgraceful, and pointed out that this is not a victimless crime. john mcmanus, bbc news. the new horizons space probe has received its final commands from nasa ahead of a historic mission tomorrow. the unmanned craft will pass a 30 kilometre—wide frozen object, known as ultima thule, taking pictures and gathering information as it speeds by. it will set a new record for the most distant object ever studied, 6.5 billion kilometres from earth. that‘s officially a long way! let‘s return to one of the stories we have been speaking about this morning. the images of migrants washing up on uk shores aboard small boats has underlined how desperate some are to get to britain

for what they believe will be a better life. many will have spent time in the calais migrant camp in france before making their way here. to understand more about what life is like for people there, we can talk now to clare moseley, who‘s the founder of the charity care4calais. good morning to you and thank you for joining good morning to you and thank you forjoining us. we have seen this happen in the last few weeks or so. why do you think there has been a new movement for people to try to get into boats and get across to the uk? it's very unfortunate and it's basically born out of desperation. the situation in calais right now is pretty horrible. we see people sleeping rough, and because there is no official camp they are out in poor conditions, no shelter from the elements. there is a desperation to get away as there always has been. the boats are a reasonably new

development. the lorries have always been dangerous and the boats are probably even more so. the problem is that once one person makes it to the uk and word spreads, no matter how dangerous the route, the people will try it. it's important to clarify, we saw a few years ago the pictures of the camp at calais and that no longer exists. do people get together in the day, are they gatherings of people considering come to the uk during the day and at night they all sleep rough? is that what you see over there? the way it works now, because there is nou camp the french authorities‘ strategy was to disperse people and they will not allow people to form a camp, people are not allowed to put up tents. people are hiding, sleeping in bridges or in patches of woodland, anywhere they can find. they come together for food distribution, and thatis together for food distribution, and that is the only time they are seen

together. there are various distributions at different places around calais, dunkirk and various places along the coast. that‘s where they come together and after food distribution they will disperse, try to hide and find different places to sleep. french authorities will come in and disperse them and break them up in and disperse them and break them up in the night, so nobody gets a good night of sleep, nobody is uninterrupted. sleep deprivation is a kind of torture. they do everything they can in calais to make life difficult for them and it‘s a horrible situation. make life difficult for them and it's a horrible situation. tell us about the people there who are coming to take food, where are they from, are they families and what‘s going on? a great question. we talk about refugees as if they are one group of people but they are not, they are disparate groups of people. they come from some of the most dangerous places in the world. world

events a re dangerous places in the world. world events are reflected in calais, depending on what is happening in africa, the middle east was that we have people from eritrea, afghanistan, and we have seen a lot of people in iran arriving in the last few months because of instability there. in the last few months we have seen more families arriving. that depends on what stage different conflicts a re arriving. that depends on what stage different conflicts are at, whether you have more young men, more families, on what is going on around the world. families do get priority in social housing so they get taken off the streets more quickly. but it‘s a real mixture. off the streets more quickly. but it's a real mixture. do they make their way to calais specifically to try to get to the uk? yes. a lot of refugees arrive in france. it‘s important to remember that the majority of refugees in europe do not try to get to the uk. there are 1 million in germany, half a million in italy, 100,000 every claim asylum in france. of the ones trying to get

to the uk, and you work there all the time and to deal with them, are they coming to the uk because they have family here, or are they sold a dream? definitely the single most common reason is family. when the camp was in existence, there was a survey done and more than half refugees in the camp had family in the uk and that is the most common reason they are here. probably the next reason after that is practical, they can speak english. for example, i know a family where the father is an engineerand i know a family where the father is an engineer and the mother is a doctor and they both speak very good english so to use those skills they have to go somewhere english speaking. the top reason is family and the second is therefore practicality. to be in a foreign country you have to be able to navigate public transport, go to the shops, and if you can‘t speak the language that will be harder. thank you for your time this morning. it‘s

new year‘s eve, so let‘s see what the weather will look like tonight and into 2019. good morning. hgppy happy hogmanay to you both. it‘s the end of the year, and the skies out there today are similar to those over the festive period. lots of cloud around and it will hold firm as we head to midnight. with a few exceptions and also across the north of scotla nd exceptions and also across the north of scotland things will turn increasingly windy, linked to the weather front pushing in that will bring outbreaks of rain to north and west scotland through the day. high—pressure dominating for most, bringing up airfrom the high—pressure dominating for most, bringing up air from the atlantic. high—pressure dominating for most, bringing up airfrom the atlantic. a mild start to the day with temperatures in double figures for some already. a few breaks in the cloud possible. over the highlands and islands and north—west of scotland, the odd heavier burst. but drier moments as well. temperatures could peak around 12 or 13 but into

the evening we will see outbreaks of rain spreading south across scotland and it to the north of england and northern ireland. strong winds overnight. gusts close to 70 mph if not more across shetland and orkney by the time midnight comes around. the fireworks going off in directions you don‘t want. the northern half of scotland is dry. patchy rain in glasgow and edinburgh that should clear by midnight. much of northern ireland, england and wales will stick with a dry story. lots of cloud but a few breaks here and there but most will stay dry. some patchy rain in the second half of the night through northern england, north wales and the north midlands. colder air, clear skies and a change in wind direction with temperatures down to the single figures for most. the change in direction coming from the south, the changing the weather front. low pressure a cross changing the weather front. low pressure across scandinavia. we draw wind down from the north. the colder

airwill miss us, wind down from the north. the colder air will miss us, hitting scandinavia and pushing into eastern europe. still a big change on new year‘s day in the uk compared to what we have had. temperatures drop through the day. patchy cloud in the south will break up. may be a few showers in the far north of scotland, some wintry, but temperatures in the afternoon, single figures for many. a lot more sunshine around. should be a cracking day to clear the head after the excesses of the night before. on tuesday night frost returns. blue colours on the western half of the uk. a bit more cloud in the east on wednesday. the breeze slowly easing down but not a bad day. a crisp and wintry day on wednesday. lots of sunshine but temperatures are staying in single figures after the chilly start. it means a big shift in weather conditions at least as we head into the new year. the grey skies of the festive period, more sunshine for the first week of 2019.

but more frost as well. many damp, and many will stay dry as well. ido i do love a bit of frost. do you have any new year‘s resolutions lined up? i don't. i had one last year, that was the patagonia trick. have you thought about setting up a new business? a good idea. louise minchin‘s cheesecake. new business? a good idea. louise minchin's cheesecake. now you're talking. i‘ve only done one kind of cheesecake. were just talking about cheesecake. were just talking about cheesecake now. january‘s the most popular month to start up a business and nina‘s been taking a look at the top tips for people who want to make the leap. and you can see why, a new year and a new start psychologically. companies house, who register new businesses say it‘s the most popular month with more than six and a half thousand set up injanuary of 2018.

but it‘s often a side hustle, where you maintaina but it‘s often a side hustle, where you maintain a dayjob. it sounds like a dance. we have spoken to fiona neal and her business partner erin rogers. they set up a side hustle when they were on leave a year ago. it's a subscription box for children. each month they get a different box to teach them about a different box to teach them about a different country. it was about getting a bit of my own time back. what did i want to do with that? some do exercise or a hobby. i wa nted some do exercise or a hobby. i wanted to start my own business. doing it alongside erin has helped tremendously. i don‘t know if i would have carried on if i was on my own. it‘s very hard work. it is scary, with scary points and bad days, but also the feedback we get from our customers, they will send us photos, and that spurs us on even more. ijust had to do it and take the chance. fiona and erin set it allup on the chance. fiona and erin set it all up on maternity leave. they have done well but we no

statistically within five years 50% of new start—ups will fail. some experts today have told us some tips. the first is to test it out on friends and family. the second is to build it up as a side hustle or start—up so you know when you feel more confident you can quit the main job. keep your outgoings as small as possible, it sounds obvious, but until you know your incomings are bigger than your outgoings. we have been asking people to get in touch with businesses they set up in january. i do have some correspondence from viewers this morning. i have been running my own business as a side hustle for the last three years. i expect this year to quit my dayjob and go full—time. we expect revenue of 100,000 this year. congratulations. and paula, and this could dovetail with you and minchin‘s cheesecake. i‘ve set up a

business where we deliver cakes, hundreds of local bakers throughout the uk, helping people increase their business. sales generated throughout the world and they are delivered by hand by the bakers themselves. doing it part—time. delivered by hand by the bakers themselves. doing it part-time. it's so nice to personalise. we can look at new businesses throughout january as well. good morning to you. you‘re watching breakfast from bbc news. time now for a look at the newspapers. the journalist angela epstein is here to tell us what‘s caught her eye. we will start with a story in the times. it‘s about a remake of das boot. one of the great wartime films. the intensity of the u—boat campaign to stop anybody who has sat through all 293 minutes will know it‘s a claustrophobic and male orientated drama. it‘s being rebooted, excuse the pun, as an

eight part drama on sky but with women taking the lead role. the main key figures will be french resista nce key figures will be french resistance workers, not u—boat operatives. it follows the whole idea of rebooting a lot of major film themes and brands in order to encourage female audiences. we have already had ghostbusters, ocean‘s 11 and doctor who. my take on this, if and doctor who. my take on this, if a film is really good, it doesn‘t matter if it is men or women in it. and it does us down as women to be fulfilling a female quota or a tokenistic element to this. if they wa nt to tokenistic element to this. if they want to make a film about u—boats and have women as a key part of the narrative, then why say it‘s a reboot of das boot? just make it a new drama. recent hollywood reboots of ghostbusters and ocean‘s eight featured all—female casts. and they we re

featured all—female casts. and they were outperforming all male equivalents. it might be men enjoying see women do power kicking and stuff. it might be women feeling they are under representative. we have to have a merritt or chrissy. equality is an important discussion for all the fuss, not just women, andi for all the fuss, not just women, and i don‘t know if tokenism serves it well to stop we were talking about new year‘s honours over the weekend. ariana grande, according to the daily mail, has turned down a dame hood, saying it is too soon after the manchester attack. we felt after the manchester attack. we felt a terrible wounding after that horrible atrocity at the manchester arena. she established the charity concert and went to visit people who had been victims of that. she had a tap had been victims of that. she had a ta p two had been victims of that. she had a tap two of the manchester bee made. she was a highly paid pop star who

was in the wrong place at the wrong time. she did what she could do after being caught in the crossfire. but to honour her when you think of all the people reeling and suffering would have been insensitive. i think it has shown tremendous integrity to turnit it has shown tremendous integrity to turn it down on her part. it plays into the whole discussion of the honour system, which is wonderful for people who fight wars and save lives and do incredibly charitable things. but i wonder sometimes about people who get recognition for doing very well—paid job very well, like some of our sports people. i don‘t know if the honour system is the place for that. i mean, kate middleton‘s stylist got one. maybe my stylist will get one next week!” was going to make a joke but i don‘t think i will. how very dare you! i like this story. it‘s about parents, we often talk about screen time and technology. a good example of

pa rents technology. a good example of parents leading by example and setting themselves on screen limits, according to education secretary damian hinds. that's actually my new year's resolution, to set a good example and spend less time on screens in front of my kids. the problem is as a working parent, that‘s your lifeline the whole time. people don‘t know you are with your kids. equally a culture has evolved where we think that if we are away from our phones, something massive has happened. often it is sam smith has happened. often it is sam smith has eaten a banana and posted it on facebook. damian hinds is talking about the fact parents should break the culture. he sees people pushing prams with mobile phones in holders like satnav holders in cars because we can‘t tear ourselves away from social media. we are all part of it. we can‘t blame kids if we let them have phones at the dinner table or give kids ipads to keep them quiet. will you limit yourself to a certain

amount of time? i have the screen time thing on my phone and i saw it and thought it was disgusting the amount of time i spend on it. i use it for work and everything to stop the snapchat founder has cut his seven—year—old son screen time to 90 minutes over the course of a week. i think it‘s a broader system. minutes over the course of a week. i think it's a broader system. can you do this in 15 seconds? robots will fix streets? it's keyhole surgery for transport systems. instead of having us all sit in trafficjams for hours we will have new robots to go underground to fix pipes. if it means we don‘t have to sit in traffic for ages then it will be great. and doesn‘t mention rhyme with kitchen? could you have minchin‘s kitchen? with kitchen? could you have minchin's kitchen? 2019, done. i‘d never thought of that. £26

million will be put into that robot army. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a man in his 30s has been taken to hospital with life threatening injuries. the metropolitan police has now sold off more than £1 billion worth of property, to ease the affect of funding cuts, according to new figures. the force has had to make £600 million of savings since 2010, which led to the closure of police stations across the capital. the biggest sale was new scotland yard, which was sold for £370 million. the police federation says the met has sold its crown jewels. tonight‘s new year‘s eve fireworks show will be a celebration of london‘s relationship with europe, according to the mayor. final preparations are being made for the sold—out event in central london. 70,000 fireworks will go off during the 11 minute show. organisers say the mayor‘s office asked them to create a display with the theme "london is open". we need to bring to life the fact

that london is proud to be a global city, a european city. and also it is really important that we share a message of support for all of the europeans that live in our city. let‘s take a look at the travel situation now. there‘s a good service on the tubes this morning apart from the piccadilly line which has no service between rayners lane and uxbridge. and planned part closures on london overground and tfl rail. there are no trains running currently between stevenage and peterborough because of a broken down train. it‘s affecting great northern, london north eastern railway and thameslink services. strike action is affecting the south western railway network today with fewer services expected. on the roads in dagenham the a13 closed eastbound between the goresbrooke interchange and the junction with marsh way due to a multi—vehicle collision. it is very busy so try to avoid that section. now the weather with alex osborne. hello. good morning.

we are ending 2018 on a relatively quiet note. the good news today, it should stay mainly dry but like the last couple of days, we are holding onto a lot of cloud in the skies. i say mostly dry as the cloud may squeeze out the odd spot of drizzle. i think most people today should escape with a largely dry day. there might be the occasional bright spell but generally grey and overcast. fairly light winds too and mild for this time of year, with temperatures reaching ten or 11. now to the all—important evening and overnight period. if you are heading out to new year‘s eve celebrations, it is not looking too bad. it will stay mainly dry with a good deal of cloud around. winds remaining light as well. and clear spells forming after midnight. not especially cold. minimum temperatures down to between five and seven. for new year‘s day, we start off with a fair amount of cloud around but it should brighten up in some spots to give spells of sunshine into the afternoon. a dry and decent day but it will turn chillier on wednesday. have a great new year. i‘m back with the latest from the bbc london

newsroom at one o‘clock. plenty more on our website at the usual address. bye for now. good morning. welcome to breakfast with dan walker and louise minchin. it is 8:30am. let‘s bring you up—to—date with the main stories. the home secretary, sajid javid, will chair a meeting of the border force and the national crime agency today, to discuss an action plan to tackle a growing number of migrants attempting to cross the english channel. more than 200 migrants have made the crossing since november. the uk and france have agreed to step up joint patrols but some backbench mps have criticised the home office for being too slow to act. mrjavid has told the daily telegraph that many of the reasons for the surge are out of the government‘s control. some news that we have been hearing this morning which broke at about seven o‘clock. 39 people have been arrested on suspicion of attempted

murder after a stabbing in west london overnight. let‘s get more from our reporter greg mckenzie whojoins us now from the scene. i know there is not much information around this morning but what more can you tell us? we know that the police were called to fulham palace road in hammersmith just police were called to fulham palace road in hammersmithjust after one o‘clock this morning to reports of a man in his 30s suffering from stab wounds. he was taken to hospital and we are told that his condition is life—threatening. behind me is the scene with three police cordons in place and lots of blood still on the floor from this victim who is in hospital being treated for those injuries. the police have revealed that they arrested 39 people, all being held on suspicion of murder. the police are investigating and there are a number of police cordons in place this morning in south—west london. thank you very much for that. we appreciate you being at the scene and technology is letting us

down slightly but it is very good to get the details. 39 people arrested after that stabbing incident and a life—threatening condition for the victim. it happened at one o‘clock this morning and it sounds like the police arrested everybody there. 39 people for attempted murder, being interviewed at separate police stations this morning. the parents of a british man killed by his chinese wife have agreed a custody deal to bring their granddaughter to the uk but they must leave their grandson with his maternal grandparents in china. ian and linda simpson, from suffolk, wanted both eight—year—old jack and six—year—old alice to live with them after their son, michael, was murdered in 2017. the couple, who are in china, said judges were pushing very hard for them to accept the compromise. concerns have been raised about a new eu fishing law that comes into force tomorrow. trawlers will have to take fish back to port that would normally have been thrown overboard to prevent them going over their quotas.

the aim is to avoid wasting fish and to encourage crews to be more selective. but a house of lords committee says it‘s concerned about how the scheme will work and how it will be put into practice. the plan to build a concrete wall on the us—mexico border was dropped early on in donald trump‘s presidency, according to his outgoing chief of staff, john kelly. he told the press that although the president often uses the word "wall", the border will more likely be protected by a mix of technology and fencing made from steel slats. a solid border wall was a key pledge for mr trump from the start of his presidential campaign in 2015. the majority of councils in england didn‘t prosecute a single motorist for misusing a disabled parking permit in the last 12 months, according to the department for transport. in that time, the number of blue badges reported as stolen rose by 45% on the previous year. the local government association says authorities have limited resources to carry out enforcement. and finally, the eagle has landed but not where it was supposed to.

two american football fans got the surprise of their lives on saturday when a bald eagle went rogue at a college football game in texas, and decided to perch in the crowd. the eagle, called clark, was supposed to fly around the stadium during the national anthem, before a 90,000—strong crowd watching the cotton bowl, the college football playoff semi—final between notre dame fighting irish and the clemson tigers. instead of landing near his handler, he made straight for notre dame fans. what a beautiful bird and you wouldn‘t want to upset it. they stayed very calm. i have seen a picture of you with an eagle on your arm. it was at crystal palace a few yea rs arm. it was at crystal palace a few years ago and i was starting a live programme and they asked if i wanted an eagle on my arm and i said ok!m

is the first time i have seen you looking genuinely scared. yes, definitely nervous! you never quite know. they always say don‘t work with animals and there is a reason for that. they can bite you in the face! they have got a lot of pointed bets on them, especially bald eagles. the talent on that guy‘s shoulders. —— talons. eagles. the talent on that guy‘s shoulders. -- talons. you might be a tasty lunch! and according to pep guardiola, this is the match to decide the league. surely there are months left? there is always a

pivotal game in the season when we say that is it. chelsea and totte n ha m say that is it. chelsea and tottenham would like to think they are not out of it, but i am just quoting pep guardiola. the city manager. and surely he will be saying it to get his team going. they‘ve had a big old wobble over christmas but manchester city are back to winning ways. after losing their previous two matches, they beat southampton 3—1. they‘re back up to second in the premier league but are still seven points behind leaders liverpool. they play each other on thursday. have a look at this bit of skill from marcus rashford. this was the opener in manchester united‘s 4—1win over bournemouth. chelsea also won at crystal palace, whilst burnley beat west ham. the premier league is after a new boss, only a few weeks after hiring one. susanna dinnage had agreed to take overfrom richard scudamore as chief executive but she‘s now changed her mind. she‘s going to stay in her current role with the discovery channel after deciding that she didn‘t want to leave broadcasting. bathjumped up to 5th place in rugby union‘s premiership after beating leicester last night. they ran in three ties to win 23—16. ruaridh mcconnochie racing down the line for the third. elsewhere, bristol beat newcastle to increase the gap between the two

sides at the bottom of the league. michael van gerwen is through to the final of the pdc world darts championship. the dutch two—time champion was in superb form at ally pally and swept to a six sets to one win over scotland‘s gary anderson in their semi—final. he‘ll play michael smith in the final. andy murray may never be free of pain in his troublesome hip. that‘s according to surgeon who operated on murray at the beginning of the year. drjim o‘donnell says it‘s murray‘s intense desire to do really well that‘s kept his tennis career going. he‘s playing in the brisbane open which starts today. and let‘s take advantage of it being winter to watch a bit of ski jumping. this is germany‘s andreas wellinger. he‘s a double—olympic gold medallist. he did the hard bit, landing thejump but then struggled with the flat bit. it is just when he celebrates that

he ends up on his back. we were discussing whether he still gets the points for that and i don‘t know, to be honest, but i have appealed to ski jumping experts this morning and they have told me that there is a line in the snow, and if you get safely past it... maybe it is there? i think it is the green line. that is the one they are aiming for, the 60 metres. and the closest you get to that is how many points you get for yourjump. to that is how many points you get for your jump. but if to that is how many points you get for yourjump. but if you get past an end point in the snow without putting your hands down, you are safe, and he was safe but he only finished 39th. i recognise that a mile off! she knows her ski jumping! thank you for the sport. if you‘re thinking about new year‘s resolutions this morning, our next guest could provide you with a bit of inspiration. lifestyle transformations don‘t

get much more extreme than that of matt pritchard. best known for his drunken antics and dangerous stunts on the mtv show dirty sanchez, he‘s swapped the party lifestyle for one of wellbeing and healthy eating. he‘s also a qualified chef and is presenting the bbc‘s first vegan cooking show, dirty vegan. let‘s take a look. we‘re going to cook some paella. as they call it in spain, pi—ay—a! let‘s get cooking. now it‘s time to cook my rice but first i need to bring the liquor to the boil. the heat. a lot of people‘s experience with veg is a negative one. like my mother years ago, she used to cook her veg and it was like mush, losing all the nutrients. they‘re just deliciously sweet. lovely and watery. red. bon voyage! really good, aren‘t they? that is what i call a tomato.

i‘m in heaven. vegan heaven. heaven, heaven. and matt is with us now. i love that clip! people who know you from back in the day, they might be quite surprised by this reappearance as a lover of all things vegetables. yes, i think that is the interesting thing about it. people know me from dirty sanchez, doing crazy stuff, and now i am doing crazy stuff, and now i am doing a show about being vegan, which is crazy. mathew prichard from

dirty sanchez is doing a vegan programme? yes! what prompted the change of life, the change of perspective, whatever it was? when i was filming dirty sanchez, i was co nsta ntly was filming dirty sanchez, i was constantly partying and life went from zero to 100 like that. i lapped it allup and from zero to 100 like that. i lapped it all up and i enjoyed the partying and the party got too much and i looked at myself and i was bloated and yellow and i looked a mess, basically. i decided to do the cardiff half marathon and get fit again. idid cardiff half marathon and get fit again. i did it when i was 15. i did it and with my addictive personality, i went from half marathon to full marathon, to ironman, double, triple. and then a triathlon around wales? that is an extraordinary thing to take on. what we re extraordinary thing to take on. what were the distances? swimming from cardiff to porthcawl, which is a 30 mile swim in the sea. then i hugs the coast of wales all the way to

the coast of wales all the way to the top and i took in anglesey and holyhead as well. i was doing good time. then i ran all the way down, 192 miles. ijust think time. then i ran all the way down, 192 miles. i just think wonderful that he thinks oh dear! although i haven‘t done that. that he thinks oh dear! although i haven't done that. she doesn't like to talk about it! we‘ve got a clip from your documentary from wildman to ironman. this is you nearing the end of your triathlon around wales, and one of your friends is reflecting on the difference between your old and new lifestyles. the partying and the skating and everything like that just made him feel good and it was masking all this other stuff going on. for somebody who didn‘t really have much when he was younger, to actually becoming this person who had it all, and then all of a sudden itjust

comes crumbling down on you. i had a bit of a moment earlier. i‘m all right now. ijust need to do this loop of holyhead and i‘ll be happy. gosh. really tough times. you did com plete gosh. really tough times. you did complete it. let‘s talk about the decision to become a vegan three yea rs decision to become a vegan three years ago. why? i love animals and i have got a dog. my head i was allowed to bring him on the sofa and if they had told me i would have brought him with me. we love dogs on brea kfast! brought him with me. we love dogs on breakfast! i love them and i started

looking into triathletes who were feeling that i started researching it and it made sense. and that was it and it made sense. and that was it for me. the next day i was vegan. are you an evangelistic vegan, spreading the vegan love around? trying to convince people and getting angry when they eat meat? no. i don‘t like preaching at all. i am happy to educate people and that is their decision. if they want to eat meat, i am not the gate to tell them, i won‘t jump eat meat, i am not the gate to tell them, i won‘tjump down people‘s throats. in this programme you have been making vegan meals for various people including a women‘s rugby tea m people including a women‘s rugby team and your enthusiasm is genuinely infectious. you did a meat replacement, and what was that called? idida i did a paella with the inmate in.

—— vegan meat in. you can make it taste like chicken nuggets or beef. a lot of people will be trying veganuary. a lot of my recipes are simple. i love chilli, absolutely love it. my mother cooked it when i was younger. most vegetables are nice. if you get my book, which is coming out. i very good lad. there isa coming out. i very good lad. there is a lot of information and add to help you get through veganuary. how do you feel? you are a vegan and an extreme athlete. as soon as i went

vegan, extreme athlete. as soon as i went vegan, my extreme athlete. as soon as i went vegan, my swimming, cycling and running time is reduced. i do not know that had anything to do with a change in diet but it is good. dirty vegan will be on bbc one wales at 7:30pm on the 2nd ofjanuary. you can also watch it on the bbc iplayer. while banned to ironman is also available on iplayer. —— wild man. here‘s matt with a look at this morning‘s weather. this shot from scarborough. a fine start but a little grey. most places dry, mild again but it will turn wet and windy through the day in northern scotland. that will bring a big change tonight. the high pressure is in charge with temperatures in double figures for some. lots of cloud brought in but a

few breaks in the cloud, especially in the east. england, wales, northern ireland, largely dry but there will be outbreaks of rain developing more widely across scotla nd developing more widely across scotland into the afternoon. the odd heavy burst. still dry weather. the rainbow push southwards. —— the rain will push. as we welcome in their big story will be the of the wind in orkney and shetland. gales in the northern half of mainland scotland. optimistic that glasgow and edinburgh should turn try and clearer for midnight. much edinburgh should turn try and clearerfor midnight. much of northern ireland england and wales will be seeing in the new year mild. temperatures still holding around seven to 9 degrees. for the rest of the night patchy rain for a time.

with clearing skies and a north—westerly winds developing it will be colder tonight and to take us into new year‘s day itself. the high pressure will be to the west with low pressure in the east. that means a northerly airflow will develop. no miss out on the coldest of the air which push into scandinavia. —— we will miss out. most scandinavia. —— we will miss out. m ost pla ces scandinavia. —— we will miss out. most places will be dry. any early cloud and patchy drizzle towards the south will clear away and it will be a day of long sunny spells, especially in the afternoon. the wind will make it feel cold and temperatures will drop, single figures into the afternoon. the frost will return with blue colours on the chart. a return back for many —— a return back to work for many of

you. that chilly day on wednesday but a lovely, crisp, winter ‘s day. temperatures in single figures. rain and strong winds across scotland later. the start of 2019 return of a bit more sunshine but colder as well. feeling like it should do.” will see you tomorrow on new year‘s day. i will be watching from home. we believe him. it is not that i am refusing to come in. it is the one presented shift on new year‘s day and because you have had five weeks of running your triathlon... moving on... although next year‘s oscars ceremony might feel like a long way off, speculation has already begun as to which films might be in the running. one that‘s in with a chance is british short—film wale, which deals with issues of racial tensions and social injustices.

it tells the story of a young mechanic in london, trying to escape his criminal past when he‘s framed for a crime he didn‘t commit. let‘s take a look. you hear that? hear what? that rattling sound. it‘s like ball bearings rattling around inside the engine. yeah. could be a lot of things. i could have a look at it now for you if you want. can‘t do now. got a few things to do. what are you doing tonight? nothing. how about you come round to mine, take a look at it then? sure. where? you know the arthur pub? sure. same street, number seven. come round about eight o‘clock, yeah? cool things happen.

it is brilliant. raphel famotibe on screen there. and hejoins us now alongside director barnaby blackburn. thank you for coming on. it is a brilliant production. first of all, barnaby, the importance of making this film and telling the story, why was it so important? one of the main themes of the film is racial injustice in modern london and in particular about people‘s relationship with the police when they are from a certain background and what someone might do if they found themselves in a serious situation and did not feel like they we re situation and did not feel like they were able to call the police. that is something people who have seen the film have an emotional reaction to. throughout the film they are really worried about the well—being of the main character, wale. absolutely. you play him beautifully. was that something you

could relate to? to an extent i could. growing up from where i grew up could. growing up from where i grew upfrom, i could. growing up from where i grew up from, i would say i know and have met a lot of people like wale. people who have been in and out for minute reasons or wrong reasons or ended up for just life, minute reasons or wrong reasons or ended up forjust life, do know what imean? it ended up forjust life, do know what i mean? it was nice to experience side to how you want to change your life, get that change and want to do something else with your life. i know a lot of people who have tried to turn no lives around from coming out of prison. i have heard stories. playing him, was so interesting to see how people still see him as a criminal even though he was still trying to change his life. it is like it just trying to change his life. it is like itjust shows how society trying to change his life. it is like it just shows how society tries to... you still prejudge people and you have stereotypes about people

because of their background and everything. it was like you have to give people a chance. that is literally... this is a story about someone taking advantage of all the stereotypes, pre—judgements as well. absolutely. we like to think of ourselves as living in a society thatis ourselves as living in a society that is increasingly progressive but racism is still a problem here, abroad, everywhere. this story is based and told in modern london but ultimately is something that has been around for a long time and continues to be a problem. the themes of the film are universal. listening to you speak, i went back toa listening to you speak, i went back to a few weeks ago withjohn barnes talking about racism in football. you might not see and hear it as much but it is still there. is that something you would feel the same way. maybe not as a overt as it was

there still undertones. me, personally, where i am now i am in a different place to where i was before. i definitely agree. i have had experiences, even recently, little things like where i would basically be. there was no time i —— was a time when i would join in and i had my didillon. some of its scream out as if i was going to attack them or rob them. —— i had my hoodie on. i have had people on the street worrying that i would do something and that is how my life has been really and truly. do think that might shift with people

watching this girl? yes. -- this film. it shows the impact it can have an privilege and how that can be played. i think it will make people think before judging someone, do you know what i mean? how do you recruit? you are training to be an actor now. the casting process was really interesting. wale's character has come out of a young offenders institution that he has learned the skills to be a mechanic while he was in now. now he is out and has started his own business fixing cars. i wanted someone in that role who was perhaps a little bit inexperienced and had not done too much acting to create an authentic naivete to that character. myself and one of my producers got into contact with a casting director who has a track record for finding people just like that. he famously

found thomas from this is england when he was 12 years old and we had a conversation with him very early on in the process, he was the first person we brought onto the team and he quickly understood the person we we re he quickly understood the person we were looking for and he came back with a were looking for and he came back witha numberof were looking for and he came back with a number of options. there is talk of possible oscar nominations. we are running out of time. how can people watch the film? at the moment it is under lock and key, close to our chests. we'll be seeking a distribution deal in the beginning of the year. fingers crossed people will go and watch it. what would an oscar nomination mean to you? to me, it would be crazy. i am training right now. well, with the way and see. can you talk to us if it happens? congratulations. such a

brilliant cliffhanger at the end. we will not give it away. it is called wale. do go and see it when we are allowed to. that‘s all from us for today, and this year actually. i‘ll be back tomorrow morning from 6am. this is bbc news i‘m annita mcveigh. the headlines at 9:00am. the home secretary prepares to chair a meeting this morning with the border force and other agencies, as he attempts to deal with the rising number of migrants trying to cross the channel. 39 people are arrested on suspicion of attempted murder following a stabbing in west london. the uk‘s political leaders deliver their new year messages — with a focus on britain‘s departure from the eu. big ben tolls. big ben‘s famous "bongs" are set to ring out at midnight tonight heralding the start of 2019 — even though building works are still taking place in the elizabeth tower.

2018 in the uk has seen months of extreme weather. join us from cumbria in the next hour to see the